My indoctrination wasn't simply by pop culture or social trends. I was generally outside the norms of my generation and was not addicted to TV, music, movies or other pop culture. This made it easy to not get caught up in the momentum of my peers. My conditioning was more generational. I was conditioned to not see color, believe in the lies that higher education was the way forward and that we should accept people even if they were clearly not compatible with society. As a young adult, reality opened my eyes to the double standards all around me. That steepened my sense of skepticism and I began questioning everything that seemed contradictory. This got me labeled as insubordinate but I persisted in my behavior. Now I wear that as a badge of honor. I broke through the conditioning and haven't looked back.