After reading all other comments here, I would agree, but still my first comment might be the most liked one I ever have submitted to this BBS.
So, I would totally stand by it, and applaud this White Rider in the making.
/s, obviously. But to be fair, the short report without context resonated strongly. I gave such a speech, a long time ago, and used it to settle a score with a teacher who told me I wouldn’t be higher education material. I am still not proud of it and proud of it at the same time. It did lessen the pain a bit, but the inflicted wound is still there, and I still ain’t able to trust my own abilities. Impostor syndrome never leaves me, even after obtaining a proper PhD by hard work. Every attack on my scientific work still feels personal, and every fuckin’ time that teacher pops up in my mind.
