TED演讲: 献给欺凌的受害者(3)

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　　When I was 19, I wrote, "I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite." 19岁的时候，我写道:“我将爱我自己，不去在乎自己是否站在自己讨厌的位置。”

　　Standing³ up for yourself doesn't have to mean embracing violence. 自强不息并不表示你需要使用暴力。

　　When I was a kid, I traded in homework assignments for friendship, 当我还是小孩子的时候，我用我的家庭作业换取友谊，

　　then gave each friend a late slip for never showing up on time, and in most cases not at all. 然后又通过迟到避开所有的朋友，一般都不会有什么问题。

　　I gave myself a hall pass to get through each broken promise.  每次爽约我都能立刻原谅自己。

　　And I remember this plan, born out of frustration⁴ from a kid who kept calling me "Yogi," 有次，一个小孩子让我很沮丧，他一直叫我“修行者”，

　　then pointed⁵ at my tummy and said, "Too many picnic baskets." 指着我的肚子说，“好大的野餐篮子。” 因此我有了一个计划。

　　Turns out it's not that hard to trick someone,  我发现原来戏弄一个人也不难，

　　and one day before class, I said, "Yeah, you can copy my homework," 有一天快上课的时候，我对他说：“嘿，给你抄我的作业，”

　　and I gave him all the wrong answers that I'd written down the night before. 然后我把自己昨天写好的错误答案递给了他。

　　He got his paper back expecting a near-perfect score,  他怀着满分的期待去拿作业，却得了0分

　　and couldn't believe it when he looked across the room at me and held up a zero.  他无法相信，在教室的另一头望着我，做出“零”的手势。

　　I knew I didn't have to hold up my paper of 28 out of 30,  我知道我不用把自己接近满分的作业举起来给他看，

　　but my satisfaction was complete when he looked at me, puzzled,  很奇怪，他看着我的时候，我感到很满足，

　　and I thought to myself, "Smarter than the average bear, motherfucker."  我对自己说，“比一般人聪明嘛，狗娘养的。”

　　This is who I am. This is how I stand up for myself. 这就是我。这就是我自强的方式。

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