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    3 days ago

    Echoing what seems like an overwhelming consensus. This isn’t a good reason to hold off on college. Not knowing what you want to do in college is a good reason to wait. You both need to be able to stand and succeed on your own before you can be there for each other. Beyond all of this, he has already given you his feelings about this. You should respect that.





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    The answer is no. I don’t care what the circumstances of the story are. He was the responsibility of the state, and the state failed, likely out of negligence. It’s that simple.

    The US treats prisons, by and large, like cages for wild animals. It’s hardly a surprise that the recidivism rate is what it is considering how convicted people are treated during and after incarceration here. I’m not saying all criminals are just good people wanting to be good in a bad system. There are certainly monsters out there, but I would argue most criminals are born out of circumstance rather than “bad wiring” or some sociopathy.