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I got tired of adults treating me like some sort of performing seal - "Say something smart, kid. Explain Einstein's theory of relativity." I had almost nothing in common with other kids my age. Instead of watching Saturday Morning cartoons, I was happier reading a book Arthur C. Clarke wrote a non-fiction book called The Exploration of Space, which I owned a copy of. ("SHe's such a weirdo! She reads BOOKS that aren't required for school, for FUN!") I didn't play games like dodgeball with other kids, I wasn't interested in "playing house" or "cowboys and indians" or stuff like that. Or maybe I'd be helping my dad work on the car, or the TV, or building a cookbook shelf in the kitchen for my mom. Or asking one of them to drive me to the library.