Conformity In High School

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Great post this week! I believe we all experienced conformity at one point in or another in our life. I mean after all were all human and sometimes we don’t make the right decisions. In fact sometimes is easier to just go along with the crowd than to actually stand up for what you really want or need. I completely understand how you felt when you had to change high schools. This also happened to me and I was extremely upset but I made the best of it at the end and today I still talk to friends from both high schools. Also, congratulations on your promotion! I am very happy for you, remember nothing worth having comes easy and I am sure you worked very hard to earn this position. Being a manager sounds easy but this position comes with a lot

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