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We are all just a plain paper bag. The same paper bag we take to excursions in kindergarten and the same ones we toss away in the trash bin, as our minds ripen. Whether it is breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner: inside lays food of ambrosial or acrid quality. Until you actually look inside of the bag, you never take into consideration what is inside. Like how everyone values one's integrity and exquisite talents, we may never actually know until you cautiously open another plain paper bag to unveil its contents.

Inside another plain paper bag there are no expectations. The possibilities are innumerable but some bags will contain perfectly cooked steaks, whilst others will consist of putrid, overcooked mystery meat. Ultimately, it will be
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Along with character goals to display integrity I have excelled as a leader, in my academics, and responsibilities. Told to always to yearn to learn more, I have taken my studies seriously. Beginning with honor classes and taking more classes in a year, these opportunities allowed me to take Advanced Placement classes during my sophomore year. Nevertheless this moment has been incorporated in my current academic state. I continue to excel in my classes and challenge myself in selecting strenuous courses and activities that will prepare me for the future. This aspiration has allowed me to manage both my academic goals along with my character and leadership goals.

I may just be a paper bag, but after all of my participation in different activities I feel that I have filled and decorated my own paper bag billowing with savory food. Whether it is opening other's paper bags, my first priority is to fill my own with succulent and appetizing choices and not letting other expired bags ruin the contents of my own. With my own capabilities and qualities we all— I— too have a lot to

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