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I rode the bus every day in middle school and would interact with a few people who also lived in my neighborhood. They were in no way my friends, but the circumstances had left us stuck on a bus for 30 minutes with a different group of students who normally wouldn't interact. One girl was very religious and we would eventually ease into a logical debate about religion. Every afternoon as we rode from the school into our old neighborhood. I am a very confrontational person, and when I feel as if one side is understated in an argument, and then I will surely be a member of that side. This was the religious girl's first year in public school after being home-schooled her whole life and she was completely unaware of any routine different from

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