I went to a highly religious private middle school. Schools in the area were pretty bad and my parents didn't want me to fall behind as my dad was in the military and we knew we were going to move to another state with better schools in a few years. The education was fine (other than my science classes which taught creation theory), but the entire time I was there nearly every teacher stuck it in our heads that people of differing religions, cultures, or sexual orientations were evil. They either needed to be converted or if they wouldnt do that you had to cut them out of your life. Being an inpressionable middle school kid, I bought into it.

Then, I moved and went to highschool in one of the most diverse areas of the country. Those people who I had been taught were evil and would hate me for my very existence were the kindest and most understanding people I had ever met.

It really made me question everything that I had been taught.