Hippies

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expected nothing else but for their children to go to college and follow in their footsteps. Adults had faith in the American government, and believed that any hard working, dedicated and honest man would succeed, and of course, they thought that their children would conform to their traditional values. Young adults were expected to look and act a certain way. Young men had to have their hair cut short, be clean shaven, and dress in suits or nice clothes all the time. Young women should always wear the right amount of makeup, have their hair done, and wear skirts or dresses even when they are at home.#1 The children of these flawless parents grew up listening to what their own futures would hold and most weren't given a choice in how they went. Their naive parents thought that they could mold their lives but it just ended up pushing their kids further away. Their kids had no reason to believe in their ways or follow them, destroying their parents’ dreams. As the adults kept ...

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about anything else.’ After graduation, he went to study anthropology, then a six month stint as a medical student. After all that, David left his home and conservative girlfriend and caught a plane to California to join his friend in Berkeley. ‘I lived on the streets and had almost no money, but I had a sense of freedom and I felt like I belonged. ‘”#3 Many moved out of their homes and in with others who had the same beliefs. Many counterculture youth settled in urban neighborhoods such as Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, Telegraph in Berkeley, and East Village in New York. Living around each other created a special bond. Maggie Gaskin, a former hippie spoke about Haight- Ashbury, “I ...

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