John Wetmore reflects on his lifelong resistance to authority and need for independence, tracing it back to skipping school as a kid. He explores how disliking control and valuing freedom shaped his approach to standing out and challenging the norm.
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Knowing my personality, I hate being controlled. I hate being told what to do. I don't like being put in a corner. That's been me forever. I hate— I just— I, I— there's something goes wrong there. Yeah. And in that environment, man, when you are— when the government is— they have a lot of control over you. Or when you're at a job, you are controlled a lot. You are put in a corner. And I don't— I've never liked that. I mean, I can go back to second grade, skipping school, and my mom beat my ass because I did it. I like skipped school legit for the first time in second grade, you know. I just didn't want to be there and I didn't want to listen to the rules. So, um, I think for me, I, I learned it was some level of freedom that I really sought. Um, I'm a big— I'm a big fan of that. I like being different than most. I like breaking the norm. I like standing out from the crowd. Like, I'm— that's my personality.