Personal Narrative: Overcoming Obstacles

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Overcoming Obstacles
Looking back on the obstacles that I defeated as I was growing up was a bit not as easy as I thought it would be. I had to think about the various times in my life that I felt either overwhelmed or that I was not good enough. I never thought that there were very many in my early life. But looking back, I realize that was a fallacy of my making.
Middle School
Middle school was an extremely tough time. I physically develop faster than most of the girls in my seventh and eighth-grade class. The reason this presented such an obstacle was that I went to a private precocial school that was very small. For clarity, my eighth grade only had seven of us. Therefore, in such a small environment the early physical development put

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