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I am so glad I did it, it was one of the best decisions i've ever made for myself. It was never what i wanted, but for the time it had to be done. It all started in kindergarten, it wasn't very much the best schooling system, considering there were 50 students to a teacher. It was hard to learn in that kind of environment, especially how fragile our minds were back then. Finally, I went to the doctors and they diagnosed me with ADHD. A disorder making you unable to focus or control the amount of energy you withhold. But that was only the beginning, as the years progress it becomes too huge of an issue during second grade. By then i couldn't even sit down during class, I was so hyper that i would walk around my classroom, it definitely

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