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Old 09-09-2018, 02:43 AM   #17 (permalink)
LoopyLou79
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Originally Posted by Apia View Post
My friends used to do lots of shitty things.
Drinking a lot, taking acid in school hours, shoplifting, cheating on every partner, not having any goals, having no ambitions...

Most of them are respectable adults now with a good job.
It’s always the same.
And of course as an immigrant you try harder, I know because I am an immigrant.
Your discomfort motivates you. That’s normal.
I just think instead of resenting immigrants for trying hard, the young people I work with should stop navel gazing and try harder.
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