I think I just need to clear up an issue which arose from my entry on Monday, given that it has now been raised with me by two separate people. In that entry, I predicted that the kids who mocked and taunted me would never get Master’s degrees. It was a silly, throwaway comment I shouldn’t have made: of course, I know full well that there’s nothing to prevent any young person from growing up and getting any academic qualification they want. After all, if I can do it, so can they. It’s just that, in that moment, when you are being made fun of by a child who hasn’t got a clue how hard you had to work to get where you are, how many good friends you’ve lost to their disabilities, or how fucking proud you are of the 40,000 word MA Thesis sitting on your bookshelf, it is really, really difficult not to begrudge them the achievements you cherish the most.