Where Is My Educational Journey Taking Me?

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Where is My Journey Taking Me?

At some point in time people reach crossroads or changing points in their life. Where do these roads lead too and what decisions should that person take? Being a senior in highschool you get hit with all these huge decisions and you 're expected to be able to pick and chose things that will influence the rest of your life, and do all this in just a short few months. In doing this though it 's important to not get too wrapped up in the now and look back at yourself to see where you 've been and what you 've become.

My Educational journey has been one that 's changed a lot throughout the years and grades I go into. All of grade school I was homeschooled and never even had the option of going to a public school. My parents are both southern and really had an emphasize on teaching us kids manners and giving us a proper educational start. I grew up in a town called Uniontown which was just south of Pittsburgh. The area i lived in was pretty rough and the educational system was not the greatest, another reason my parents homeschooled me.
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I only did school on monday, wednesday, and fridays. This was nice but I always wanted to get that social interaction and educational experience that a public school gives a kid. I still played sports, and was active in almost every sport i could play at once. This really helped me get a degree of being social, rather than just being that homeschooled kid that cant hold eye contact or finish a sentence when he 's talking to someone new. Or more simply be like the book “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” and not be able to function properly in public, or at least well enough to where you can think for yourself and not get sent on a ship and get framed for a prince 's

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