My Legacy Research Paper

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Imagine that you are finally are graduating middle school, almost your turn to get your diploma, you look around to see friends,family, and teachers looking at you waving and smiling. Just imagine the nerves you have walking up the stage. When you graduate you leave behind a reputation or something also known as a legacy. What kind legacy do you want to leave behind? I know that I want to leave an great legacy. I would like people to actually get to know me because I may seem like a really mean person but I'm actually just kind of putting up a wall so people don't see the real me. I feel like if I just take down that wall of anger, I could be more likeable and friendly. If I were to do this I could uphold a different legacy than I have in the past. So for my legacy I want to be know as outgoing, and caring, I just kind of want to a more likeable person…..
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In fact , getting into college means a lot because I want to be the first in my family to go to the army and come back alive. My family, my life, and yahweh are all extremely important to me. This is because without my family, I have no idea where I would be without them, and we all know that we get on each others nerves but at the end of the day we still love each other. I value everything around me. Imagine that you woke up and you only had the thing that you were truly thankful for, think about that. Many people take thing for granted, don't get me wrong I’m just like that but I and also grateful for the thing I have, because who knows, one day you may never wake up.
If you would want to leave a great legacy start now. Do everything in your power and/or in your will that you can to reach you goals of success. Be successful in life, in addition remember that there will always be people in your path to break you down or say that you can’t. Don't listen to them because you

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