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I remember the conversations about the nuclear family in freshman year English, in Baby McGinn's class. I wish I remembered what book it was. I tried searching "novel boy attempts suicide and goes to therapy" but nothing that comes up is quite right.

I appreciate your thoughts on idealism as a form of rebellion. I have someone in my life who looks down on my for my idealism and calls me naive. It makes me sad because I think my idealism is one of my biggest strengths, but to him it's my biggest weakness.

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Wait that WAS the plot!!

People have said that to me too. It might not apply, but a lot of the time I think people see idealism as something to grow out of, once you’ve faced hard things in life. But being idealistic in spite of difficult life experiences is cool ❤️ and aspiring to an ideal for the world in the face of an uglier reality is not being naive, it’s being hopeful (and def a strength).

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