Personal Narrative: Growing Up In My School

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Growing up in my small town has helped enable me to be the person I am today. In my school, teachers provide with academic challenges and I, Choosing to surround myself with peers who share the same values such as hard work and goal setting. My community has its perks such as easy access to events and buildings as it does make you feel safe and homely. My community also has its minor flaws: for example going to another unfamiliar community that just makes you anxious. At school I feel secure, and Brooks is one of the unfamiliar communities I am scared of. One thing my community did not shape me to be is a comfort breaker. I will break my comfort zone by applying to an unfamiliar community filled with people across the world. Though I am scared

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