Luca Ferrari

And what I learned during the third and last year of middle school was that one of them got mad at me for something stupid, like a girl, I don't know, kissed me, not him.

It was a stupid thing, 12 years old.

And it lasted five minutes.

But in those five minutes, it was furious.

And he told me, you remember two years ago when Alberto and I did this and that and helped you and involved you and got you out of your shell?

We didn't do it because we thought you were cool, but because this teacher told us that you needed help.

And it needed to hurt me to say that.

Actually, I'd never felt more grateful in my life.

Because it's very difficult, if you think about it, for someone 10 years old to actually implement that request from a teacher.

To go with the uncool guy, go through the slog of months where the guy barely talks, inviting him after classes to go to his place to play video games.

They literally changed my life.

It's probably the single thing that ever happened to me that I'm most grateful for.