Personal Narrative: My Degree In Criminal Justice

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I can not believe that we are halfway through this class already. It did pass quickly for me being that I have been through a lot while attending BMC and that I am about to graduate. This is my last class and I am so exited to finally be able to say I have my degree in Criminal Justice. I have enjoyed some experiences so far, most of my classes were hard and some were easy but I have managed to make it this far so I wont give up on myself like others have in the past. What stands out to me most at this pint and time would be all the things that I thought did not mean anything actually does have a purpose. For example, I thought I was just going to get my degree and be done but I want to do more and I have a bigger purpose and that's to show

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