The narrator shares a personal story about their experience with a computer science teacher who had a prejudice against them. Despite the narrator's passion for computer science, the teacher doubted their abilities and implied that they only performed well on a test because they cheated. However, when the narrator surprisingly came first in a school-wide IT Olympics competition, the teacher was forced to apologize and acknowledge their achievement. The narrator reflects on the experience, emphasizing that having low grades or being judged by others doesn't define one's worth or potential for success.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The speaker had sufficient grades in humanities subjects, but struggled with math tests.
2. The speaker enrolled in a computer science school and spent a lot of time on the computer.
3. The speaker learned English well through surfing the internet and started going to primary school already knowing English.
4. The speaker met friends at the computer science school who later became their YouTuber friends.
5. The speaker chose to study computer science despite not being good at math.
6. The speaker's teacher, who shared the same surname, assumed they were related and made a comment about it.
7. The speaker's teacher was visibly upset when they denied being related.
8. The speaker apologized to the teacher, but the teacher took it as an attack.
9. The speaker's school had a system where teachers would give grades based on the student's name and not their actual performance.
10. The speaker's teacher gave them low grades consistently, while giving high grades to other students who were not as skilled.
11. The speaker and their friend switched names on a test, and the speaker received a high grade while their friend received a low grade.
12. The school held an IT Olympics competition, where students would take a test on computer science and logic.
13. The speaker came first in the competition, but their teacher was skeptical and accused them of copying.
14. The speaker responded to the accusation by saying that even if they had copied, no one else had scored higher than them.
15. The teacher admitted that the speaker had done well, but still maintained a negative attitude towards them.
16. The speaker believes that their teacher had a personal hatred towards them and was biased in their grading.
17. The speaker's experience in the competition made them reevaluate themselves and realize that low grades don't define a person's worth.