When I joined the yearbook club, my life did a 180. Before being a part of it, I would arrive at school three hours later than I was supposed to. I had no care in the world about arriving at
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Category: Unit 1
Writing task saved – Nyazia B
During my middle school years there were many times when i had to overcome someones mistaken perception of my ability and it made things very difficult for me. In the 7th and 8th grade i struggled with math , it
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Writing Task: Saved – Belinda
In the summer of 2023, I started my very first job at the age of 18 with no experience whatsoever. I was a waitress at a family restaurant in North Carolina. My parents thought that I was incapable of doing
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Writing Task Between Two Worlds- Dessire
Both of my parents come from the Dominican Republic and don’t know English. From the moment that I was born, I grew up learning only Spanish. For the first couple of years of my life I had always had people
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Writing Task Mentor Quote Negative- Sindy
During my senior year, I got seniorities bad specially for my last class which was calculus. I only had 6 periods, but it was a really a struggle for me to go to that class specially when my friends ended
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Writing Task Saved–Savion
Freshman year high school I didn’t have much to do. I went to school and went home. I hung out with my friends here and there but we were all so bored. We felt like there was nothing to do
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Writing Task Mentor Quote- Kayla W
“Who nuh hear muss feel”
My mother’s words haunted me, forever engraved into the back of my mind following me like a shadow. If I had a dollar for how many times I heard this growing up I would be
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Writing Task:Saved-Taniesha
In elementary school, I got held back in second grade and when that happened some teachers thought I had a learning disability and told my mother, she never told me, I overheard it in a conversation. At first, my small
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Writing Task: Saved– Priyanka Komal
In my senior year of high school, I played volleyball. This was my way of staying active and I got to play a sport that I enjoyed playing and this made me happy. This helped me because before I had
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Peer Mentor – Dylan M.
Over the years my mom has inspired me to be better a countless number of times. Although my dad still helps her and has always been a constant in my life since I was born, he doesn’t live with me.
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