Personal Narrative: I Am Not A Minority

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I am not a minority. I am not disabled. I am not poor. To many scholarships, that would make me less deserving. In all honesty, I do not consider myself to be any more deserving of this scholarship than the next, nor do I deem my education any more valuable than someone else’s. I do, however, consider us all equal regarding financial aid. I believe we are all in the same boat; fighting to make a better life for ourselves and to benefit to society. Whether our parents are rich or poor, or we are a minority or majority, we are all just kids on our own. We all have our struggles and our successes. We all have the same goal, and are smart and capable to do anything we set our minds to.
Although I am not many things, I am so much more than a

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