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I don’t think that coming of age changed completely since 1967 because only a small proportion of young adults finish college and know what to do in life for example getting married; people wait when they are mature and understand the mindset of what and how life works. Our generation has new challenges such as age: how kids can’t work or drink in a young age, finishing school, and marriage: like I said when people are in the adulthood phase. Bens parents are hassling him about what is he going to do next with his future, my parents are also bothering me to go to medical field and become a doctor and I really don’t want to be a doctor. But Ben and I are not similar because he made a huge mistake and pre pressure got to him which I am not a

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