[ WP ] A person with a high school education gets sent back into the 1600s and tries to explain science and technology to the people .

`` How did I think this would be a good idea. These people were not ready for the ideas. I should have known. I should have listened more closely to my history lessons. I thought they would be grateful. I thought they would understand. They did n't understand, they were n't grateful. They were afraid. 
 
 It started slow. I had to establish myself which was n't hard with my knowledge. They respected me for my intellect. Some even revered me as they noticed that I seemed to know things that were going to happen before they happened but then after a few years I began to tell others my knowledge and try to introduce the technology. 
 
 They thought I was crazy. They could n't wrap their minds around it. As a species we created this technology slowly, made it in baby steps, having our understanding grow alongside the tech. It seems like these people could n't handle it all at once, and did n't want to. 
 
 I'm on the run for religious heresy now. I never should have come back here. I never should have told them as much as I did. The accusations were too much. The messages were being received well until it got to the church. The priests denounced me and now everywhere I go they shun me, if they do n't try to kill me. 
 
 I do n't want to be here anymore. I want to go home. If you find this letter please, do n't let anyone make the same mistake I made.'' 
 
 EDIT: punctuation error
