I remember when I was just a wee lad at school, I had a classmate who was a real pain.
He was the sort who raised his hand in the classroom and complained about the guy next to him talking. He stood by the classroom door at the beginning of every period to let the teacher in and then sat in his seat. He was the guy who wore the neatest ironed shirt and trousers that kharboze ghach mikard. His hair was perfectly combed and his fingernails were always cut. He looked down at everyone who talked to him, even if the other guy was two feet taller than him. He knew everything and you knew nothing. He was the voice of reason and the only person around with the right morality and ethics to match.
He would report you to the teacher or the headmaster if he deemed anything said or done was a deviation from the morality and ethics and correctness as was unilaterally set by him ( so set to be followed strictly by others.) We all hated the SOB and were very careful around him.
One day, I was talking about this God-sent-from-heaven fellow student to one of my teachers who was also a family friend. I complained and told him all the bad things that he had done to me and the other students. My teacher said that he and all the other teachers were aware of these instances and many more. So I asked him why the school puts up with all this and doesn’t expel the rotten creature.
He told me that even though we may think of this student as a jerk, he has the same rights as any one of us to be at the school. He also told me that people like him are in constant need of approval and attention. They do all the things they do, both good and bad, to get attention and recognition. They probably did not receive enough love and affection when they were very young and there is an empty space in their being that needs to be filled with love, approval, and attention.
I asked my teacher if only boys can be like this. He told me that not only girls can be like this student, but people afflicted with this peculiarity will grow physically, but their needs will never leave them until death. They do anything to anyone, as long as they get the attention and respect they think they deserve. These people suffer from what is commonly known as Napoleon Complex. He asked me not to treat this classmate harshly, but he warned me not to become too close with this person or anyone who exhibits such characteristics. Since no matter how much you may think you are close to them, if it serve their purpose, they will turn against you and gladly deliver you to the devil himself.
