I feel like I leveled with NCF students. I was more open than I felt comfortable being, and now I feel like they’ve chosen to use my vulnerability in order to hurt me more effectively. Even as I think about it, I know it’s not really a mob of conniving bullies, though that’s an aspect. I understand there are intellectual ideas to discuss, and yet I feel almost betrayed. What happened to me not caring what others think of me? I feel like they’ve gotten a little under my skin and it hurts.

