I really hope that my high school teachers are sitting down when they read this. The risk is that they will probably collapse in pure shock when I tell you this: I learned nothing. With the exception of a teacher of social studies, who, as a glowing ball of energy and inspiration - and I thank Malin for a large part of the person I have become - I have retained nothing of use from Klarebergskolan in Kärra.

My Swedish teacher failed me on a short story because I wanted to write horror and not the nice stories that she liked. My English teacher could not explain to me what the punk lyrics by NOFX meant and didn't think it was essential to my schooling. My math teacher made me go from loving mathematics more than anything (I wanted to be a programmer when I was ten) to me barely going to any of her lessons. My science teacher yelled at the class instead of trying to inspire. The list is long. Sure, there were a few nice guys. But nice guys I can find on Facebook. I needed inspiration; people who could give me reasons to learn things and that could make me feel the importance and necessity of knowledge. 

I hope you're sitting down when you read it here: You inspired me not one iota. Except Malin. Thank you Malin.

The reason I write this now is that I have, during the course of a week, taught myself more than my so-called teacher at Klarebergskolan taught me in three years. Thanks to an Internet site. And to you who attend middle school or high school now, I can only say one thing: Please visit this page. I hope you become as inspired as I was. And that you spread the knowledge. And that you have a better time in school than I did. 

Here's the link: TED (Technology Entertainment Design) http://www.ted.com