Personal Narrative: Growing Up

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Growing up, I never understood why my parents pushed me so hard in school. When I failed my parents made sure, consequently, I was to come back twice as vigorous and diligent than before. Being the first that is going to walk across the graduation stage after three generations of late graduates, and my mother becoming pregnant at the age of seventeen helped me mature into a young adult.
When I was younger, I presumed my parents were strenuous on me. I started having a pessimistic attitude that I could not attain anything; moreover, I was giving up and becoming selfish. Unhappy was what I was becoming; I was just getting by with school and life. I was losing control mentally. Assuming they were making my life harder than it should be.

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