I'm not a victim,  but I am a black sheep

All my life I have been generally unliked because I asked questions in a rapidly changing world. My upbringing was different from the rest, and it led to me being ostracized when those differences showed in a class setting with other children. I didn't follow crowds, I didn't care about the mainstream shows as a child and young adult, and the people that stuck by me were usually more reserved, but similar to me. Those that appreciated that I was bold enough to say out loud the things that didn't make sense, despite the pushback that I had received were considered good friends. And I only had one or two similar to me. But nothing that I asked was egregious enough to warrant the reactions that I had received as a child in the first place. Teachers would villainize an 8 year old for asking why something in the narrative being taught didn't make any sense. And it was painful as a small child knowing that I wasn't well liked by even the adults meant to protect me, and having to go to…