Personal Narrative: I Can Go The Distance

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I Can Go the Distance Many humans, especially high schoolers, deal with the increasing problem of procrastinating. Before even starting assignment or a job we groan and complain about how hard it will be instead of just doing it is smaller parts. People hate starting hard assignments; however, almost every time someone dives into an assignment they realize that it is easy once they start working through it bit by bit. Humans let the sheer size and appearance of an assignment frighten them without them seriously thinking about it which makes it seem much more difficult than it really is. I was extremely worried just about a month ago because it was the day we had our first AP Biology test. AP Biology, being the hardest class I have

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