Thank you so much for the question because I was waiting for this question in my whole life. So basically this person is my English teacher back in seventh grade. So yeah, he used to teach me English back in seventh grade. I was really struggling with learning English. I was struggling with basic communication and understanding these and that as well like I was struggling with understanding English and all that so one day I had a presentation and I had to read it in front of the class it was a reading presentation and then I messed it up on my way of reading so I said one of the words I couldn’t pronounce one of the words so my accent is a little bit and I I said it in my native language. And then the whole class laughed at me and then my confidence went low because and when I was like from the beginning, when I was starting the presentation, I knew that I suck at the language. And when they laughed, they just confirmed it, my negative inner voice. And when they laughed at me and then I messed up and all that. And then the teacher said, like he said, you should clap for her because she has the courage to stand in front of the student when most of you did not. And she has the courage to say the word that she could not say in her native language. That means that tells how authentic she is. So you should clap for her. And then they did. And he gives, he gives me two candies. And I really remember that day. So from that day on, I decided to learn English. And my English was really good in a level that I taught English a lot of the student. and I made money from it and like my English became so good in a level that I could work with English and get money from it and be my university tuition by myself. So he has a very beautiful and inspiring influence on me and I really appreciate him for every single stuff that he has ever done for me and I hope that he’s alive right now. Last time I remember he was married and yeah, I hope he will be a great dad as well. So yeah.
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Thank you so much for the question because I was waiting for this question my whole life. So basically, this person is my English teacher back in seventh grade. He used to teach me English back then. I was really struggling with learning English. I was struggling with basic communication and understanding, as well as with understanding English and all that. So one day, I had a presentation and I had to read it in front of the class. It was a reading presentation, and then I messed it up on my way of reading. I said one of the words I couldn't pronounce, so my accent was a little off, and I said it in my native language. And then the whole class laughed at me, and my confidence went low because, from the beginning, when I was starting the presentation, I knew that I was bad at the language. And when they laughed, they just confirmed my negative inner voice. And when they laughed at me and I messed up and all that, the teacher said, 'You should clap for her because she has the courage to stand in front of the students when most of you did not. And she has the courage to say the word that she could not say in her native language. That tells how authentic she is. So you should clap for her.' And then they did. And he gave me two candies. I really remember that day. So from that day on, I decided to learn English. And my English became really good, to a level that I taught English to a lot of students, and I made money from it. My English became so good that I could work with English, get money from it, and pay my university tuition by myself. So he has a very beautiful and inspiring influence on me, and I really appreciate him for every single thing that he has ever done for me. I hope that he's alive right now. Last time I remember, he was married, and yeah, I hope he will be a great dad as well. So yeah.
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