Personal Narrative: Moving Out Of State For College

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I have never felt more abashed about a conflict that almost shattered my dreams. Throughout life, I never truly understood the failure of success. There are numerous accounts of failure I have strived from. However, now that I have experienced true failure, there is only one account that affected me the most that I’ll never forget. Failure is difficult to grasp and accept, especially when it nearly jeopardized my livelihood. Uprooting my life: for school, based on nothing but hope and faith of others. It is amazingly funny how one brief decisions simply could have ended the aspirations of my intended major.
My vision has always been bigger than the picture. I thought I had it all figured out, but searching for what I could not find is what
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Receiving my bachelors degree in arts at 21 would have been ideal, however now I am focusing on a bachelors’ degree in Biology. I am in pursuit of a master’s degree in cell biology and minor in political science. Prior to graduating high school, I received admission to California State Dominguez Hills, however I did not want to attend that university for several reasons. One reason being most of my high school peers received admission to attend California State Dominquez Hills. Therefore I packed up and moved out of state to …show more content…
I felt abase about the situations, mislead by someone I thought I could trust. I never imagined someone so close to me would be the first of many to try and ruin me. Michael and I never had a bond because of our age gap. We were more like acquaintance with the title of brother and sister. Not being accepted to the University of Colorado disappointed Michael, and revealed his true colors.
Shortly later, I asked Michael if I can go back home to California and he refused. I was seventeen years old with no job or money to re-route my life back to Los Angeles. I felt as if he abducted me, which made me feel scared, trapped, and confused. Being forced to go to a community college that was charging me all types of state fees. Thinking to myself, I would have never come all the way out to Colorado if I knew Michael made a side deal with John. Listening to everyone else input besides my own. I used to hold my breath until I turned blue filled with tears trying to satisfy

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