"The court says you're an adult now... And as an adult you're going to realize that there are no sides. There are just people."
(from a very old draft - there was more to the post, but I have no idea what it applies to anymore! I just like this quote now, because it reminds me of my former Human Services professor, who drilled into us that in individual cases, it is not the system that should shoulder the blame, it is the person. Ultimately it is individual people who choose to commit crimes, or resign themselves to stereotypes, or who choose to perpetuate negative stereotypes when individual people always have a choice over what they do and who they decide to be. To this date, her orientation course is hands-down the most life-changing experience I have ever had, even though I failed it at the last minute by being too anxious and scatterbrained to finish two very simple projects.)
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