Personal Narrative: More Than Just My Shoe Size

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More Than Just My Shoe Size In Tom Sawyer the main theme is growing up and getting more responsible with decisions. In my life I have had many experiences that had made me act more mature. In particular seventh grade. When I was in sixth grade I let a friend talk me into taking Spanish One A, the problem with this is that it was hard for me to keep up with what we were doing in class. I know that I should try new things and second languages are very hard, but this was extremely hard and stressful for me. This experience showed me to do what I'm comfortable with so I can do it well. More than just my shoe size has changed, for example my brother and I have gotten closer in many ways. We got closer by biking together and playing disk golf

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