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When I boarded my first First-Class flight at ten years old, a grown man was sitting in my reserved window seat, and he refused to stand up even after the flight attendant checked our tickets. He looked straight at me and said, "Children don't belong in First Class. It's a waste of a good seat." I quietly nodded and held my boarding pass against my chest while my caregiver tried to protect me. Then the flight attendant saw my last name on her screen, whispered something into her radio, and the airplane's engines suddenly shut down. Seconds later, the captain opened the cockpit door, stared directly at me, and said something that made every passenger turn around...