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conformity

Break Out

Submitted by drummergirl on October 4, 2008 - 19:16.

so caught up in society,
acting the girl that you want to be
hiding your true personality
with a flimsy shield of conformity
dress, talk, and think like other girls
your shallowness makes me want to hurl
why not just live YOUR life,
without others' opinions pressing like a knife
be quirky, go nuts
being yourself takes guts
show me what you can do,
without your clique,
who are you?

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Journal I - Conformity

Submitted by Yami_no_Tenshi on May 27, 2008 - 12:18.

AN: These "journal entries" are assignments that our English teacher had us do, and I felt like sharing! So here you go. Hope you enjoy.
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Everyone on this planet is different and unique. We have been told this since we were old enough to understand what unique means. But sometimes, being too unique isn't a healthy thing. Sometimes one needs to fit into society and in order to do so, one nust conform to the expectations of that society.

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