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Two different worlds

The universe is made up of millions of stars and millions of wormholes. Yet we only know of 8 planets. Our universe is different than others, yet so are our mindsets. My parents and I are from two different worlds. We have different mindsets when it comes to my career choice. They want one thing yet I want another. Even though we have different points of views my parents are my universe. My parents have always pushed my siblings and I to good in school. To never take anything for granted, but to take advantage when it comes to our academics. I have learned growing up that in order to get something, you must first work for it. Being the oldest in my house and setting a good example for my siblings isn't always easy. It's a challenge, a challenge you face every day and
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I just wanted to have fun and not do much. But as I got older I realized there's more to life than having fun. I have always wanted to glow brighter than anyone. To be better than before, and better in the future. I did my best in high school to get good grades and work hard. Yet no matter what I did it was never good enough for my parents. It was always “do better, not the same.” We clashed a lot through my high school years. Mainly about grades and school. My biggest challenge was trying to make my parents happy with good grades and being a good daughter. I have a world of my own where what I say goes, vs. my parents it's what they say goes. They want to choose everything down to what I'm wearing today. I have told them multiple times that I am a new planet, I need to figure things out on my own. I need to fail in order to pass, I need to hurt in order to heal. I guess I never really got them because I have never had a role model before. My older siblings never did much with their lives, yet they still pushed me to do better. Even after their gravity gave out they put whatever they had left into me. To be the stronger gravity, they never were to hold

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