Personal Narrative: America's Gift To My Generation

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America’s Gift to My Generation would be education and schooling. Education and schooling is a gift because with children going through school only a few will become our next inventors and scientists. The education will help make our medical teams and technology better than it has ever been before. The schooling is based on how well students work in a classroom because I know I work better at a public school then being home schooled. But for one of my friends it’s the opposite. She wanted to be home schooled and she told me it was the best thing for her. But it has affected her good and bad. It’s good because next year she can play varsity volleyball. Then it’s bad because she doesn't get to play school ball this year. Education has

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