Lee Early College As A Role Model

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Lee Early College (LEC) has been in my thoughts ever since my older sister Payton has attended there. My sister and I are very close; she has taught me so much about life and school. She makes me strive to do better and actually make me want to become something one day. Therefore, I would like to follow in her footsteps to become a role model like she was for younger kids.
LEC seems like the type of school for me because I’m very intelligent, hardworking, sociable and independent. Ever since I’ve started middle school it was extremely hard to fit in. whenever I had visited LEC it had automatically felt like home to me. I could see myself there on the campus in the future, becoming who I always wanted to be. I am currently a member of two awesome

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