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Torpid Conformity Was A Kind Of Sin

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Throughout the sixteen years that I have been alive, I have learned many lessons. One of the most important was a saying that my parents always told me, just be yourself. Although this may sound like an easy rule to follow, with the pressure of other people, and the need to fit in with a common crowd, being yourself becomes a way deeper and more difficult task. Many children, teens, and even young adults find it easier to follow along with modern trends and fall under the radar, rather than doing what the love and being noticed or possibly judged for doing so. This is where many people, in my opinion, are wrong. As said by Annie Dillard’s mother, “Torpid conformity was a kind of sin; it was stupidity itself.” Many believe that if they conform

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