People these days never really know how to be themselves. Our world is mostly made up of cheaters and copycats. Sometimes, it's very rare to come across a person who is original to themselves. People follow other people around, thus blindly conforming to groups
your bro definitely smoked a fatty in there
In my life for the first time [and,] the image made me believe [of] my mother that I could change [were] the way things *were*.
remove and & of because it makes no sense in the context of the sentence and move were to the end of the sentence.
An essay or a writing for English class
Hale denounces the proceedings because it is clear that the girls are not telling the truth in their testimony.
To denounce something is to explain why you disagree with it.