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Illuzion
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Don't ever let school or anyone make you a clone. Don't let them change you so you are shallow and hollow. Don't let them turn you rotten and bland. Don't let them push you around so you conform. You should have an identity and not be one of the fish, sharks and dolphins just follow the crowd. Unless you're born that way because you're fucking screwed if that's the case, but you should definitely try and grow a personality.
-Illuzion
This is for you and you know who you are you bland droolies.
Have your regrets, but always stay strong from yours truly, Illuzion.
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Illuzion
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Also Illuzion is not good at inspirational speeches.
Have your regrets, but always stay strong from yours truly, Illuzion.
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Illuzion
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RE: Identical
(04-16-2014 11:39 AM)Illuzion Wrote: Also Illuzion is not good at inspirational speeches.
Fuck you alter ego!!
Have your regrets, but always stay strong from yours truly, Illuzion.
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RE: Identical
Clone Troopers!
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I like your speech. My parents are pro-conforming which is a bit scary. I on the other hand am not, I try to have my own personality and not let society push me around. Thanks for the inspirational speech, Illuzion. 
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(This post was last modified: 04-16-2014 01:19 PM by craxyguy562.)
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James Comey
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In general it's a great idea to avoid conformity at school. Especially when conforming to the school pretty much puts things like your creativity, your ideals, your dignity, etc at risk.
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KFC Nyan Cat
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Conformty's bad. M'kay.
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Illuzion
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RE: Identical
(04-16-2014 05:14 PM)MichaelTownley Wrote: In general it's a great idea to avoid conformity at school. Especially when conforming to the school pretty much puts things like your creativity, your ideals, your dignity, etc at risk.
I've noticed aside from art creativity is absent from most assignments with certain teachers who stick to the what's in the book.
Have your regrets, but always stay strong from yours truly, Illuzion.
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James Comey
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"Creative" Art and Writing classes come with a lot of restrictions anyway. Honestly, I experience more creativity jumping around listening to my own music in 5 minutes than I get from a "creative" class in school.
RIP GWEDIN
RIP URITIYOGI
RIP NIGHT
RIP VONUNOV
RIP WES/THEWAKE
RIP USERNAME
Stop jerking off to porn and whining and do something about it
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Trar
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Wouldn't sharks form their own crowd and attack fish/dolphins? Still like public school anyway. Nice post, too.
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Illuzion
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RE: Identical
(04-26-2014 04:03 AM)Trar Wrote: Wouldn't sharks form their own crowd and attack fish/dolphins? Still like public school anyway. Nice post, too.
It's just sad seeing people turn on eachother like some girls from my last school. They'd actually start putting each other down. I only got to see this after I'd asserted myself to them.
Have your regrets, but always stay strong from yours truly, Illuzion.
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RE: Identical
That's true. We should be uniques
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Trar
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I assume you don't mean these uniques.
The trick is not to let public schooling change you for the worse. Not like they're automatically in the moral right.
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