Andrew Solomon: "Saya melewati sekolah dasar diintimidasi dan diejek....

"Saya melewati sekolah dasar diintimidasi dan diejek. Saya ingat seseorang - saya tidak bisa mengingat namanya, tetapi saya bisa melihat wajahnya - yang memutuskan naik bus sekolah, ketika saya berusia sepuluh atau sebelas tahun, memanggil saya "Percy." Entah bagaimana itu seharusnya terhubung dengan fakta bahwa saya tidak terlalu atletis. Sebenarnya saya juga tidak terlalu terkoordinasi. Saya tidak terlalu maskulin, menurut standar anak sepuluh tahun. Saya ingat berada di bus sekolah dan semua orang meneriakkan, "Percy! Percy! Percy!" padaku."

--- Andrew Solomon

Versi Bahasa Inggris

I went through elementary school being bullied and teased. I remember someone - I can't recall his name, but I can see his face - who decided on the school bus, when I was ten or eleven, to call me "Percy." That was somehow supposed to connect to the fact that I wasn't very athletic. I was, in fact, also not very coordinated. I was not very masculine, by the standards of ten-year-olds. I remember being on the school bus and everyone chanting, "Percy! Percy! Percy!" at me.