In The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

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The Wardrobe

In the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe there is a portal to a whole other place, unlike which anyone has ever seen. College is just like that. First you come up to this big scary door that you're not quite sure you should open, because something big lies ahead and there is no way to tell if it is something good or something bad. When you are about start to college you have a big process to complete, there is a point where someone thinks about whether they should quit while they are ahead, or continue to go on and shovel through it all. Is it really worth it? After deciding that it is, you open the big scary door and you see coats; lots of them. These coats hold you back, so you have to push through them with all your might,

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