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By the time my sophomore year of high school had come to an end my work and creations had touched the minds of a groundbreaking 30 million people. Ironically enough, this unthinkable opportunity to connect with the rest of the world all began with what I presume to be the most defective and unbearable laptop that has ever been created. One early Saturday morning, for lack of better things to do, I went online and began creating YouTube tutorials for popular video games. At first I had little experience, made very poor quality videos, and had very few intentions of taking it seriously, although little did I know that I would eventually turn this passion of mine into a profitable business. Whilst toying among the plethora of available editing …show more content…
Subsequently, I came to the realization that the people I had met from such fascinating nations held the inexplicable ingredient that I had left out in trying to refine my seemingly flawless recipe for perspective. Prior to having become acquainted with these diversified individuals I had a lot of perceived notions of the societies that they had originated from although to my surprise in response to these presumptions, not only did these foreigners respond with reassurance that these presumptions were falsies, but they entirely nullified the stereotypes I had unknowingly been accustomed to. Preceding a series of life lessons and great banter among the masses, I somehow managed to reach a following larger than that which occupies a Roman Coliseum, but more importantly the amount of values, skills, and insight I have acquired as a result of what had begun as a mere hobby, more extensively one that is typically classified as mindless, is truly remarkable. Outside of YouTube my work ethic had heavily

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