The Importance Of Growing Up In Today's Life

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Register to read the introduction… Some people who do fit in aren’t exactly the friendliest people you could meet because they got everything handed to them, so they think that they belong there. Others know that they have to work to fit in and it’s so sad to watch that because you shouldn’t have to work for your friends. People that don’t really fit in seem as if they have it easy because they have friends that love them for who they truly are, but sometimes they get bullied by the people who fit in and that is why they hate the ‘in-crowders’. I myself am not in the ‘in-crowd’ and I don’t really care because my friends love me for me and I don’t have to change for them. People feel a type of responsibility for the unfortunate. We see people everyday in our lives that don’t really have much money or clothes and we feel sorry for them. Why do we feel sorry for them; because we know we have more than them and we are just wasting all that money for nonsense, when we could be helping the less fortunate. Some people can be greedy and selfish when it comes to their money, but that is usually because they grew up in that situation and saw their family do …show more content…
People do whatever they can to fit in because they say that you can not get anywhere in life, unless someone in the ‘in-crowd’ accepts you. When we grow up we do not think about fitting in, we just think about what we want to be when we grow up. We never thought of how hard it would be to be accepted by one another. Sometimes you may not like someone, but they may help you reach the top. When we see people with less, it is hard not to help them because you feel responsible. Some people may seem nice and innocent, but everyone has a part in peer cruelty. No one is innocent of bullying. Some people may say that adolescence is about fitting in, but if you try to be your own person, then some people may except you and others may

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