In the fifth grade, my teacher really disliked me. She did everything she could to make me cry and sent me to the principal's office at every opportunity. You might not believe me, but I’m left-handed. Even today, I sometimes confuse my hands. One day, we were reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and I put my left hand on my chest (you’re supposed to use your right hand). She got angry at me, saying I wasn’t being ‘patriotic,’ and sent me to the principal's office. The principal and I knew each other well by that point, so I told her why I was back in her office, and she laughed. And laughed. I didn’t find it funny at all because all the kids in my school thought I was a delinquent, so they didn’t want to be my friend. My principal wrote on the back of my hands, L and R. What I didn't notice was that she wrote L on my right hand and R on my left hand. She did the same to hers. Then she took me back to the classroom, had everyone redo the Pledge with our ‘right’ hands, with me leading the class, and it became one of the happiest moments of my time in elementary school.