Growing Up Research Paper

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Being brought up in a single parent household as the oldest of my mothers three children I have learned many things about hardship and I believe those things were key in making me as independent and driven as I am today. Because of my familys financial struggles growing up when I was sixteen I started to work full and part time as a secretary, host, server,etc. Balancing work and school above all else although it was hard it made me better for it. I became a more dependable and well rounded person who valued her education and time management. In elementary I was diagnosed with both Dyslexia, and ADHD at such a young age this was devastating I had to try twice as hard as the other kids in my classes just to keep up. As I grow older although

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