"Fairness is not a natural law that fate is supposed to obey. Yes, that's right... 'life isn't fair'. I suppose that kind of cliché line really peeves you, doesn't it? I know it still does for me. (Oh, don't use that word, got it?) Well, let's talk about what that line is supposed to actually mean...Fillies like you, Scoots, don't readily understand what is fair, and yet we shove you all together in school and expect you to become friends and play nicely. As adults, we might be slightly insane with regards to special cases like you because such a haphazard way of socializing you only really works when there is nothing so special about any of the kids involved. Pegasi used to be with only other pegasi, unicorns with other unicorns, and earth ponies with other earth ponies. Frankly, it's a miracle that things are working as well as they do right now with all of you together. I suppose that's thanks to the normalized diversity of Ponyville.Truly, it's an instinct that you all have to understand what is fair, but it only happens to inform you best when you know everything relevant to the case. And for many a time, children don't. Because of that, those kids don't understand how to be fair to you.Consider yourself. You have underdeveloped wings. You have been trying to fly since you were very little, like any other pegasus. You were even helped by parents, tutors, and a world class flyer. With all this help and all your efforts, your wings are not growing. This isn't even your fault. It's not the fault of your parents. It's not my fault. It's not the fault of any random unicorn spell or evil villain. This simply HAPPENED TO BE. Nopony can make it different. No time reversal spell could ever have made things different. This was the lot cast to you. Do you think those other fillies are aware of all this? Just my intuition, but I don't believe they understand. And I think that might be why this is happening.Children at your age tend to relate everything to themselves and project what they know of themselves onto everything else. That's how most children can think about things. You relate to your awareness of how pointless it has been to try to learn to fly, and you probably wonder why none of the other fillies acknowledge the tireless work you have put in to overcome what you lack. Those fillies, however, see the trend that most pegasi like you learn to fly quickly and they see something strange in you not being able to. Especially those pegasi who simply learned how to fly and were able to do it look at you and see a filly who should have all the tools she needs to do the thing that makes pegasi special, and yet you cannot do it like they can. They never experienced the problems you have. They can't relate to it, and so they cannot understand it. They lack the understanding that you and they are DIFFERENT in ways beyond what you ARE.You ARE a young pegasus, as some of your classmates are. But you are also Scootaloo, a pony whose wings cannot carry her because they simply won't grow. Scootaloo's wings are not like other wings. Scootaloo's wings are what they are and she cannot change them. Scootaloo's wings have grounded her. Scootaloo's wings are JERKS!As an adult, if I were to make an educated guess, perhaps those mean kids think YOU are somehow responsible for not being able to fly. If you were lazy or just holding yourself back from flying on purpose, wouldn't it then be "fair" for them to make fun of you for not flying when you try? Well, perhaps it is a bit simplistic of a justification, but it suits a kid to think that way. You know better, of course, but that's the other half of my point. Perceptions that differ, that of those who hurt and those who are hurt, is where pain and unfairness often begins.If there is one thing you should try to do to fight this unfairness, it is to get them to see that whatever they think is the reason that they get to tease you about not being able to fly isn't true. Frankly, though, I wouldn't blame you for disregarding that idea. It takes a courageous heart to look someone who is hurting you in the eye and ask "Why do you make fun of that?" Perhaps they will be antagonistic and refuse to answer. Perhaps they will say other equally confusing and unfair things about you in response to the point that it becomes insufferable and frustrating to keep up your honest questioning.But if you continue to express how they hurt you saying those things and why it doesn't seem fair that they do so, I imagine that the better part of them will shine through, eventually. Children do grow up in a very important way... they become aware of the complexities of life and will realize that what was once normal for them will suddenly become awkward or too silly to do anymore. One of those things may be picking on people for how they are different. They will learn that disabilities are a thing and that not everyone grows the same way.If that doesn't happen, then perhaps they are fighting their own pain by making you feel pain instead. When such ponies that have heard you countless times continue to hurt you in the same way for the same reasons, you should seek to consider how pitiful they are more than how pitiful you are. The pain they put you through ceases to have anything to do with you at all. And I think by the time you realize which ponies are like that, you will have enough support from all the others you convinced to overcome them. (Yes, you and I both know we are thinking of Diamond Tiara right now...)" "... Can't I just make them shut up somehow, though?""I'm afraid what I just told you IS a way to do just that, and it's the only effective way to shut them up for good while preventing greater harm to yourself. Violence is a bad answer because not only do you get in trouble, it only makes fillies afraid of you. You won't make friends like that, and it would be sad to see the dear protege of the Element of Harmony, Rainbow Dash, end up with no friends because she did something so... unharmonious. Getting teachers, other adults, and authority figures in general involved over and over again only accomplishes the same. It will hurt you more than help you, even though it won't feel that way at the time." "... You talk too much.""Fine. I'll make it short and sweet, then. Life isn't fair. Try talking to kids frankly about how you feel, or else you're just gonna have to deal with it." "AH, COME ON!"