My Mistakes In Life

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In life everyone goes through something tragic that causes them to question their own set of values as individuals. Mistakes in life must be made in order to become a successful person in the future. Friendships must be challenged to determine if the friendship is truely sincere.

During my freshman year at Norfolk State University, I was a very friendly individual that did not mind greeting everyone everywhere I went. There was never a time when I was traveling on campus that there was a dull moment. I just simply wanted everyone to feel comfortable and have a positive vibe around me. The reason being is that I was brought up in a household where every morning we were required goodmorning to each other as a sign of respect. If you did not wake up saying goodmorning to each other, it was assumed that it was something wrong. My mother raised me this way, because she did not want my siblings and I to grow up hating each other like her brothers and herself. Being friendly is in my blood and will never stop
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As he pulled off in his blue mustang to head out Old Dominion University to meet up with a few friends, I was like, the next time you go out their can I come and he was like yeah. He was one of the nicest guys from my eye view and, I think I was one of the first guy friend he met in towers. I introduced him into all my friends and everybody liked him and they thought he was even cool. I even introduced him into a few females I thought he would like, but most of those relationships went downhill with both of us. Kenneth was even in two of my class and I didn’t even know, until I went to class one day and saw him. After that on a regular basis we would chill with each other on our free time. For one second of my life I felt like I had a bigger brother I could depend on, even though I have a older brother named sheaquan. Sheauquan wouldn’t never go out his way for me, but kenneth

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