Most Meaningful Accomplishment

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The most meaningful accomplishment that has occurred in the past five years would be my high school graduation. This was a very proud moment for me for several reasons. Also, though my circumstances were not ideal I still was able to persevere. The measurement of success in graduating from high school was that I was focused and did not allow myself to be subdued by the statistics.

In 2007, my freshman year of high school, my parents decided to get a divorce. This was devastating for me as I had a close relationship with my father. For the first two years of my high school career I tried my best not to let my parents' divorce distract me. It was hard because of the experiences that I had been exposed to that I did not understand. I had wished

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