Scott Barry Kaufman

I'm like, why am I feeling dread?

I don't know.

I look back at the person and then it hits me.

that's the school psychologist from high school who drew the bell curve on the napkin and basically inspired me to go into this field, not in the way that he would have ever thought.

But I'm like, that's him.

He's older, but I recognize him.

And it did create a bit of a dilemma in me, which is like, what do I, do I approach him?

Do I say hi?

Do I, what do I sock him in the face?

And with a lot of trepidation and my heart beating very fast, I approached him on the park bench and I said, hey, do you mind if I just sit next to you for a second?

I want to tell you something.

And he's like, sure, no problem, no problem.

And I sat down, I said, hey, I was a student of yours and you changed my life.

And he said, oh, yeah, by in a sort of screw you sort of way, probably.

He said that and I laughed and I said, well, you did.

I'm a psychologist now and I didn't feel the need to yell at him or tell him the whole story.

But he said something very interesting to me when I told him I'm a psychologist now.

He said,

He's like, well, that's interesting.

I'm actually tutoring a kid right now who really low IQ, really low IQ is really not the sharpest tool in the shed.