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Carizo Springs Research Paper

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Carrizo springs, a small town that I call home, I’ve lived here all my life, since 1999. I have one word to describe about Carrizo Springs: challenging. I illustrate my hometown as challenging since theirs about 6,000 people living in Carrizo Springs. Therefore, each class gets about 140 or less kids. My class has around 120 students, some people may think it’s really easy to be in the top 10 or 20, in reality, it’s a challenge to rank high in your class, everybody is always trying to take someone’s spot. Since my freshman year and now to my senior year, I’ve worked so hard to get where I’m at, I believe that’s why I say this lovely town is challenging because it makes you want to achieve the big goals you planned since you were little. People around you want to see you fail; actually, they believe you are going to …show more content…

I am the way I am because of my father, he drives me to get an education, and he wants me to be better than him. My dad constantly tells me “tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you’re going to be.” This quote means significantly to me because when I was in 6th grade I would hang out with the wrong crowd, later when I was a freshman, I made new friends, better friends, and the ones that push me to strive. My mom is my rock, she struggles sometimes since she raised my brother and I alone, but she always finds a way to get us what we need for school and sports that we play in. I have this picture of my brother, my cousin, and I in front of our house when we first bought it, it’s been 17 years that I’ve been living in it. It may not be the nicest house, but its payed off and I have a roof over my head, to me that’s all that matters. My neighborhood is actually quiet, I have 3 neighbors that are nice people, when we go out of town they watch our house for

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