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Thank you for this. It's okay to have an opinion. Sometimes, it seems having an opinion is bad or disrespectful.

I remember how my sincere questions were answered with Mr discipline(Cane) and c'mon will you do as you are told?"

That swallowed my voice.IIver time, I stopped questioning things and started doing as I was told. My creativity was nowhere to be found.

The same people who shushed me began to ask if I had brains and why I wasn't using my head.

I know it wasn't their intention to shush me. They didn't know better. They didn't know how that would affect me.

But, I am consciously working on myself, speaking up with empathy and respect.

Also, I am giving others a chance to express themselves without fear of being attacked for having an opinion.

Thanks for this piece.

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Your experience sums it all up. I glad you're consciously working on yourself and also giving people the change to express themselves.

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