I don't know why I'm crying in the Square right now.
Your story really spoke to me, especially since I experienced similar harassment growing up. I had speech problems when I was young and it required 3 years of speech therapy before I got better. I felt relieved and happy once my speech improved and the bullying stopped. I'm glad you pushed through and achieved so much, I am too much of a lazy-ass to learn a second language or even my own native language.