The unacceptable burden of hate
Harvey Mackay
One day, a teacher told her students to bring a bag of potatoes to school. She said each potato should be given the name of a person the child hated. The more people the child hated, the more potatoes in his or her bag. Some bags had just one or two potatoes, while other bags were almost full. The teacher then told her students they had to carry their bags with them everywhere they went for a full week.
After a while, the students started to complain. The bags were heavy and awkward to carry, plus the potatoes were starting to smell bad. They couldn't run or play games because they had to carry their sacks everywhere.
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