When I was seven or eight someone dear called me " stupid" . In seventh grade a teacher told me I will always be just a "B" student.  In College, a professor told me I would never have nice handwriting. In a medical research lab I was told I should not seek academic employment.  It wasn't my goal to prove these " intelligent" people wrong. It was my goal to empathze and then advocate for others  who were told the same. To turn a negative into a positive and help others succeed.