Individuality: America's Gift To My Generation

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¨The shoe that fits one person pinches another ; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases¨ (Carl Jung). This quote means, not everybody is the same. Just because one way suits one person, it may not suit another. Individuality means a lot to me because, being different and ¨Weird¨ is okay and not a lot of people understand that. America's´ gift to my generation is individuality. People in this generation have the freedom to be unique individuals. I am granted the possibility to individualise myself through the way I view the world. Having the rights to being different is a major deal in this generation, if everybody the same the world would be tedious. Some people have put together some acceptance groups to offer people help. There

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