Personal Narrative: My Year In San Benito

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My years in San Benito have been filled with an overwhelming schedule in and outside of school. Thankfully, I learned my sophomore year that I needed to focus on the classes that would benefit me the most on the long run. The summer towards Junior year I found out I passed the two AP exams that I had taken courses for, Chemistry and World History, with 3’s. It was extraordinary for me to succeed in these exams even if they were minimum because I did not believe i was going to be able to accomplish it. I had tried my best studying the subject but i wasn’t quite sure how capable my learning would be and whether i would be able to remember all that i was taught especially in chemistry with the various complex concepts. Starting my junior year,

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