From the tattoos and piercings so conspicuously advertised to their adolescent philosophy of I make noise, therefore I am, these kids are familiar to me. It was only a short while ago that I was being hassled five days a week by ones just like them, and not all that long ago, I was one of them. The only difference is that somewhere along the way I bought into the bullshit being fed to me. I got the grades, went to college, and got the job, while they’re still fighting it. Just one big lost generation. Too smart to learn anything and too naive to do anything—wandering without going, wondering
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