Kicked around in the ugly game

LET me tell you about Susie*. She’s 13 years old. She was born in Seremban, and has a birth certificate that says so. She’s lived there and Kuala Lumpur all her life. She loves playing Minecraft and Roblox, and wears oversized t-shirts. I met her in my political science class where I was a guest teacher: I serve on the school’s board of governors.

At first I thought she was anti-social because she always had giant headphones on, but then I learned she was highly sensitive to stimuli, and the headphones endowed security and safety so she could concentrate and learn better. (That was a whole new learning experience for me!)