Going To High School

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Like a lot of people, going to school has never seemed to come too easily to me. Whether it was doing long assignments or just waking up at early hours of the day to drag myself to campus to face the day it just wasn’t clicking for me. I started high school with the intentions of making a ton of friends, taking part in school events, and getting flawless grades. What I didn’t realize is that things don’t just happen like that if you’re not willing to go the extra mile, especially if you don’t have a great support system.
High school became a limbo of doing homework minutes before class started, if at all, coming to school late coffee in hand after getting five to four hours of sleep, and trying to maintain any relationships I had almost as

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