Stephen Dubner
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I thought I was living in a world that made sense and now it doesn't.
I had one in ninth grade, maybe in school.
So I was a good student.
It came kind of naturally.
We had good brain power in the family and I was the youngest of eight.
And so I kind of knew the stuff before I got to the grade, which was handy.
I knew the French just because being in the family was like being in school.
And I was decent at math.
I liked math.
On a math test, I had the teacher bring it back to me.
Like she made me stay after class.
teacher, she was convinced that I had cheated on the test.
I got like a 97 on the test.
I didn't know what to say.
I'd never cheated.
I had people cheat off of me, but I was also very shy as a kid.
So if I weren't shy, I would have said, what are you talking about?
Or I would have said to my mother when I got home, like this is going on with Mrs. So-and-so, but I did none of that because I was very shy and obedient and willing to take a beating as a kid.