Personal Narrative: I Pursue My Degree In Construction Engineering Technology

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I am a 15 year old native American male who was born and raised in Hartford, SD. My long term goal is to go to college and get a degree in construction engineering technology. I started school in Kindergarten at age 5 now I am a freshman in high school at age 15. I worked with my uncle at his job and I also helped him build dog houses and a tree house. I am able to build thing and put them to gather as long as I have an instructions or a blue print but I can build some things without a blue print to. I play football, I did do track my 8th Grade year, I also do basketball, running and swimming as an outside

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