Kids Today: Reinvention, Reaffiliation, and the Nimble Identity

When I was in high school I had five or six close friends. We were drawn together by similar interests in music, sports, political outlook, and general demeanor (slouching, sarcasm, etc.) Just five miles away there was probably another high school with a small group of five friends just like us. But we had never met them. We knew they existed but they weren’t part of our daily reality. Our world revolved around school, our family, and our friends. Nice and Simple.

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