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#1 I was a Chinese immigrant kid in Canada, who was bullied at school because of my accent and lack of English skills.

#2 I was bullied at school because of my accent, and I didn't want my mom to find out. So I pretended to be fluent in English, even though I wasn't.

#3 I was bullied at school because of my accent, and I didn't want my mom to find out. So I pretended to be fluent in English, even though I wasn't. One afternoon, my mom came out of her room crying. My dad had called to say that his business had gone bankrupt, and he couldn't send us money anymore. I had to become a man.

#4 I had a hard time finding clients because I didn't advertise my lawn-mowing service. Eventually, I realized that people don't call for lawn services—they call when their lawns are tall enough to wear a kilt. I learned to start by mowing lawns of people who would rather have their house painted than mow their lawns.