我走到門口，老師受到了熱烈的歡迎,，她帶我進了教室,，給我看了我的小矮人洞--我們都記得那些小矮人洞，我們把我們的東西放進去,。然后她說,，“到圓圈里去，和孩子們一起玩,，直到上課,。”

So I went over there and plopped down like I owned the place, and I'm playing, and all of a sudden, the boy next to me, he was wearing a white shirt with blue shorts. I remember it like it was yesterday. Suddenly he stopped playing and he said, 'Why are you so short?'

所以我去了那里就像我擁有這個地方一樣,，我在玩,，突然間，我旁邊的那個男孩,，他穿著一件白色襯衫和藍色短褲,。我記得就像昨天一樣。突然,，他停止了演奏,，他說，“你為什么這么矮,？”

And I just kept playing. I didn't think he was talking to me. And in a louder voice, he said, 'Hey, why are you so short?' So I looked up and I said, 'What are you talking about? Let's just play. We're happy. I've been waiting for this.' And so we played, and about a minute later, the girl next to him,

我一直在玩,。我不認為他在跟我說話。他用更大聲的聲音說：“嘿,，你為什么這么矮,？“所以我抬起頭說，“”你在說什么,？我們一起玩吧,。我們很開心。我一直在等這個,?！八晕覀円黄鹜?，大約一分鐘后，他旁邊的那個女孩,，

in a white shirt and a pink skirt, stood up, put her hands on her hips, and said, 'Yeah, why do you look so different?' And I went, 'What are you talking about? I don't look different. I'm not short. Again, let's just play.' About this time, I looked all around the circle I was in, and all the kids had stopped playing and they were all looking at me.

穿著一件白色襯衫和一條粉紅色裙子,，站起來，把她的手放在臀部,，然后說：“是的,，你為什么長得這么不一樣？“我就去了,，“”你在說什么,？我看起來沒什么不同。我不矮,。再說一遍,，讓我們一起玩吧?！按蠹s在這個時候,，我環(huán)顧四周，所有的孩子都停止了玩耍,，他們都在看著我,。

And I'm thinking -- in today's language, it would be 'OMG' or 'WTF.' What just happened? So all the confidence that I went in with that morning was withering away as the morning went on and the questions kept coming. And at the end of the morning, before I went home, the teacher had us in a circle, and I actually found myself outside of the circle.

我在想--用今天的語言來說，它將是“OMG”或者“WTF”剛剛發(fā)生了什么,？所以,，那天早上我和她在一起的所有信心都隨著早晨的推移和問題的不斷出現(xiàn)而凋謝了。到了早上,，在我回家之前老師讓我們圍成一圈,，實際上我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己置身于圈子之外。

I couldn't look at anybody. I could not understand what just happened. And over the next few years, I hated to go out in public. I felt every stare, every giggle, every pointed finger, not the finger, but every pointed finger, and I hated it. I would hide behind my parents' legs like nobody could see me.

我不能看任何人,。我不明白剛才發(fā)生了什么,。在接下來的幾年里，我不喜歡在公共場合出去,。我感覺到每一次凝視,，每一次咯咯笑，每根指尖,，不是手指,，但每一根指尖，我討厭它,。我會躲在父母的腿后面,，好像沒人能看見我一樣。

And as a child, you can't understand another child's curiosity, nor an adult's ignorance. It became very apparent to me that the real world was not built for someone of my size, both literally or figuratively. And so I have no anonymity, as you can probably tell, and while you can see my size, we all go through many challenges through our lifetime.

當我還是個孩子的時候,，你不能理解另一個孩子的好奇心,，也不是大人的無知,。對我來說很明顯的是，現(xiàn)實世界不是為我這么大的人而建的,，無論是字面上還是比喻上,。所以我沒有匿名，你可能知道,，當你看到我的尺寸時,，在我們的一生中，我們都經(jīng)歷了許多挑戰(zhàn),。

And some you can see, like mine. Most you can't. You can't tell if someone's dealing with a mental illness, or they're struggling with their gender identity, they're caring for an aging parent, they're having financial difficulty. You can't see that kind of stuff.

還有一些你可以看到的,，比如我的,。大多數(shù)你都做不到,。你不知道某人是否在處理精神疾病，或者他們在為自己的性別認同而掙扎,，他們在照顧一個年邁的父母,，他們有經(jīng)濟困難。你看不見那種東西,。

So while you can see one of my challenges is my size, seeing does not mean you understand what it's truly to be me on a daily basis, or what I go through. And so I'm here to debunk a myth. I do not believe you can walk in someone else's shoes, and because of that, we must adopt a new way of giving of ourselves.

所以當你看到我的挑戰(zhàn)之一是我的尺寸,，看到并不意味著你每天都能理解我的真面目，也不知道我經(jīng)歷了什么,。所以我來揭穿一個神話,。我不相信你能穿別人的鞋走，正因為如此,，我們必須采取一種新的給予自己的方式,。

Simply stated, I will never know what it's like to be you and you will never know what it's like to be me. I cannot face your fears or chase your dreams, and you can't do that for me, but we can be supportive of each other. Instead of trying to walk in each other's shoes, we must adopt a new way of giving of ourselves.

簡單地說，我永遠不會知道成為你是什么感覺,，而你永遠不會知道成為我是什么感覺,。我不能面對你的恐懼或追逐你的夢想，你不能為我這么做,，但我們可以互相支持,。而不是試圖為對方著想，我們必須采取一種新的給予自己的方式,。

I learned at an early age that I did have to do some things different than most people, but I also learned there were things I was on equal footing with, and one of those was the classroom. Heh, heh, heh. I was equal. As a matter of fact, I excelled in the classroom.

我在很小的時候就意識到我必須做一些與大多數(shù)人不同的事情,，但我也學到了一些與之平等的東西，其中之一就是教室,。嘿,，嘿，嘿,。我是平等的,。事實上,，我在教室里表現(xiàn)出色。

This was vitally important, I discovered as I grew older and realized I wasn't going to be able to do a physical job. I needed an education. So I went on and got a university degree, but I felt to be one step ahead of everyone for employment, I needed to have an advanced university degree, so I went ahead and got that.

這很重要,，我發(fā)現(xiàn),，隨著年齡的增長，我意識到我將無法做一項體力工作,。我需要教育,。所以我繼續(xù)攻讀大學學位，但我覺得比每個人都快一步,，我需要一個高級的大學學位,，所以我就去拿了。

Now I'm ready for my interview. Remember your first interview? What am I going to wear? What questions? And don't forget that firm handshake. I was right there with you. So 24 hours before my interview, a friend of mine who I've known all my life called and said, 'Michele, the building you're going in has steps.'

現(xiàn)在我準備好接受采訪了,。還記得你的第一次面試嗎,？我該穿什么？什么問題,？別忘了那堅定的握手,。我就在你身邊。所以在我面試前24小時,，我認識的一個朋友打電話給我說：“米歇爾,，你要進去的那棟樓有臺階?！?/span>

And she knew I couldn't climb steps. So suddenly, my focus changed. In my shoes, I was worried about how am I going to get there? So I went early and found a loading dock and got in and had a great interview. They had no idea what I went through forthe day and that's OK.

她知道我爬不上臺階,。所以突然間，我的注意力改變了,。在我的鞋子里,，我擔心我怎么去那里？所以我很早就去了,，找到了一個卸貨碼頭,，來到這里，進行了一次很棒的面試,。他們不知道我今天經(jīng)歷了什么,，沒關系。

You're probably thinking my greatest challenge that day was the interview, or getting in the building. In reality, my biggest challenge that day was getting through the loading dock without getting run over. I am very vulnerable in certain situations: airports, hallways, parking lots, loading docks.

你可能覺得我那天最大的挑戰(zhàn)是面試,，或者進入大樓,。事實上，那天我最大的挑戰(zhàn)就是通過裝貨碼頭而不被碾過,。在某些情況下,，我非常脆弱：機場走廊停車場裝貨碼頭。

And so I have to be very careful. I have to anticipate and be flexible and move as quickly as I can sometimes. So I got the job, and in my current role I travel quite a bit. And travel is a challenge for all of us these days. And so you probably get to the airport, run through security, get to the gate.

所以我必須非常小心,。我必須預見并保持靈活性,，并盡可能快地采取行動,。所以我得到了這份工作在我目前的角色中，我經(jīng)常出差?，F(xiàn)在,，旅行對我們所有人來說都是一個挑戰(zhàn)。所以你可能會去機場,，通過保安,，到門口去。

Did I get my aisle seat or my window seat? Did I get my upgrade? Me, first of all, I don't run through anything. And I especially don't run through the TSA because I get to experience the personal patdown. I won't comment on that. And then I make my way to the gate, and with my gift of gab that my parents said I was born with, I talk to the gate agent,