Instead of expending his creative energy to change himself, and to cover, and to meet the standards that society wanted him to meet, he instead put his energy into building a community of dedicated students who worshiped him because he was a debate god!
Em vez de gastar sua energia criativa para mudar e se esconder, e atender às normas que a sociedade queria que ele atendesse, ele colocava sua energia criando  uma comunidade de alunos dedicados que o adoravam porque  ele era o deus do debate!