Adults are always like that, They only see what they want to see, As such, I am disapointed in them, but... That's convenient for me. - Fujisawa Ayana
My association of jail to high school is probably on the basic similarity of a communicable social-setting. These few settings represent a frame of reference: a somewhat fraternal order (though I never belonged to an actual fraternity) where people collect__nd may be confined__nd somewhat coalesce on a common cause. Jail was a remarkable and unique experience of fellows/fathers and a force of several_.
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My association of jail to high school is probably on the basic similarity of a communicable social-setting. These few settings represent a frame of reference: a somewhat fraternal order (though I never belonged to an actual fraternity) where people collect__nd may be confined__nd somewhat coalesce on a common cause. Jail was a remarkable and unique experience of fellows/fathers and a force of several_.
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