But I didn't come here for that.
Because here's what I figured out, somewhere around my third year of building this company:
The kids who bullied me weren't powerful. They were scared. Scared kids being cruel to feel bigger. And most of you were just… there. Not cruel. Just quiet. Just relieved it wasn't you.
I know that feeling now, because I've watched four thousand schools' worth of it. The bully, the bullied, and the eighty percent who look away because they're grateful to be spared.
I'm not angry at the eighty percent anymore.
I was, for a long time. Now I just want to give them a better option than looking away."
He turned to the screen.
"So here's the announcement I actually came to make.
Tonight, my foundation is endowing a permanent program at the Ashwood Center. Free counseling, free mentorship, and a rollout of our platform to every school in this county — including the one we all attended.
