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A misunderstood genius was walking on a plain not far from a great metropolitan city, at 3 p.m. while the sun was high in the sky, and the earth was splitting from drought. He was there because he needed some time to contemplate in a quiet environment. Unfortunately, his troubled state of mind was not cooperating too well with his desire to generate some fruitful ideas. He kicked a single cactus that just seemed a little too bouncy and bubbly for his antagonistic mood. “The nerve of this plant to stand there so vivacious in such sizzling sun. It should be against the law!” he grumbled. But the cactus stung him right through his canvas shoe, and the misunderstood genius groaned.
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© 2011 Joan Marques, Satinder Dhiman, and Jerry Biberman
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Marques, J. (2011). The Misunderstood Genius. In: Marques, J., Dhiman, S., Biberman, J. (eds) Stories to Tell Your Students. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230370432_59
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