Even more reasons why I can relate to Keith.
(This is from recent the Voltron Season 7 developments)
Like Keith I've lost loved ones and dear friends who had a major role in my life. And when I lost them, I reacted just as Keith did. I was the exact same: rebellious and troublesome, because I didn't have an anchor.
And again, like Keith, I was not treated well by my peers and authority figures in my school days. However, mine stemmed from mental illness, unlike Keith's lack of anchoring figure.
I've had peers ridicule me for all kinds of reasons, and I've had authority figures hinder me further by doing the exact same. Some had even gone so far to make it so I was at fault. (Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that gaslighting? Please, by all means correct me. I don't want to misconstrue concepts.)
What's the point of that? Keith went through the very same thing when Shiro was running the simulation program at Keith's school to find future recruits. First, he has his natural talent ridiculed by the student with the highest grades, who had said the simulator must be broken out of spite of not being the best. Further, even though Shiro asks if Keith is included in the list of suggested recruits, the - I'm going to call her the school representative, okay? Okay.- school representative says that Shiro would not want him, as he's a "discipline case".
That being said, both lead to Keith, who we know feels emotions very strongly, failing the next simulation and quite literally stealing Shiro's car.
As unprofessional as it is to inject my opinion, I'm gonna do it anyway.
When a foster child has lost those dearest to them and now has no role model or important figure in their life, you do not go out of your way to uproot one of the few things they are good at and have to feel happy. Nor do you go out of your way to condemn their behavior due to their lack of life figure.
Stupid kids in school I can handle, but teacher, principle or any other denomination should never allow such mistreatment of another student. Nor should they themselves mistreat that student.
I guess in the end this all comes down to my utter adoration for Shiro's unbiased treatment of Keith, despite his image that his peers and authority figures project.
I'm sorry for rambling. I just really needed to say something about this. And I'm sorry this is so badly written. This is so not my best work. All my English teachers are writhing in angony.