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    It was my junior year in high school, when my life began to change. While I sat in my English class, with my head laid on top of the hard wooden cold desk, I thought to myself, what am I going to do. How was I supposed to provide for this child, but my mind kept think back to how was I going to let my mother know, that her youngest high school daughter was about to become a teen parent. I was scared. I was scared for my future. As the days became months, my belly continued to grow more and more.

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    The school bell rang as students were eager to leave either to hang out with friends or just go home after a long day at school. Students from every direction rushing to their cars or trying to catch the bus was usually an everyday seeing. Some staying for after school tutorials or even after school clubs. Others not realizing that reality is about to hit us as our final school year is coming. Coming from a low-income family my thoughts about becoming somebody in life were low. I was usually

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    WOW! Did you know that it is good for students to commit to a career by high school? Some people probably wouldn't agree, but you have to stop and think why it would be good for the students. I know some does not have clue what they want to be when they graduate. It can prepare them for life after high school. students should commit to a career by high school because it will help students to be ready for college, help to decide if its what they want to do, and it would make it easier for the students

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    Public schools help students become prepared for society until the day they graduate from high school. Over the years, students do not continue since they do not feel that they are prepared for college and decided to earn a low-paying job instead. Therefore, more students are either dropping out of high school or not attempting to enroll in college to improve their education. From my experience, as a student myself, I can relate to the impression of being unprepared for life after high school. During

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    In both “Greasy Lake” and “Life After High School” the protagonists are both subjected to external conflict that forever changes their course in life. With so much emphasis on the differences between individuals these days, it is imperative that people recognize this powerful commonality between the spectrum of humanity. Two completely different people living completely different lives are somehow still directly linked through the intrinsic nature of life. Even though the narrator from “Greasy Lake”

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    goal.” My mother told me this after I got the call from Chuck E. Cheeses asking when I could start the job. I would work thirty hours a week after holding coworkers shifts, while desperately trying to keep my grasp on a secure, successful education. I got another job at McAlister’s Deli working doubles every Saturday and Sunday; stayed up on school nights after work just to try and scrabble up a homework assignment, then I knew this couldn’t be my life after high school which pushed me to add some

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    Graduating from high school is a milestone that forces one to make my future come true. I plan on going into the Military after high school because right after high school I don’t see myself going to college. I just need a break from it because I do not like doing homework at all. Also, school is getting boring because we don’t learn anything new, we mostly just learn the same things over again. While others may plan to go to college, after high school I intend to go to the Navy because I don’t see

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    this country to seek for a better life for them and for their children. My main goal after graduating high school is to continue my education no matter what. As a young little girl my dream was to become a ob/gyn. Growing up was a little rough my parents got separated and my father left us leaving my mom as our only support system for my siblings and I. The only person as my father figure was my two oldest brothers who always encouraged me to do my best in school. Growing up into a young lady I still

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    shoot a couple weeks ago. Dope boy was reckless, everyone was scared of him even his own mother feared for his life .Shaddy was the slickest one out of all of then, he would get away with everything he did.Shaddy was a only child ,no mother, no father living with his grandparents and living in the worst part of town.

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    moved us around often, one abusive boyfriend after another. The one thing I never let go of is my love of people. Although I grew up around domestic violence, I knew when I grew up I’d help people. Today, I’m in that place to decide, and I still value that. Hearing and seeing my mom getting hit every night scared me. I never knew what I’d wake up to. Feeling constantly anxious took a toll on me, and I stopped doing my work in school. I saw my grades and life slipping. Luckily for me, I was sent into

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