I got more of an education on the streets than I did in school.
Ah, that explains a lot then. In school I was taught tolerance (not like a machinists ) and from that came understanding that words are just words.
Well this is actually what I learned in school and it goes a little bit like this:
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me."
Soon after that, they started throwing rocks at me.