Personal Narrative: So Who Is Justin Johnson

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“So who is Justin Johnson?” Is probably the question you are asking. Well I’m a lot of things: I’m a son, a brother, a captain, a scholar, an athlete, a friend, but most importantly I am human. I’m human; therefore, I stumble and make mistakes that I regret. Occasionally, I will fail so bad that I’ll wish I could back in time and change the things that I’ve done. However, if I was lucky enough to be granted the chance to change my history, I wouldn’t do it. That answer must sound strange to most people, so let me explain myself by telling the story of one of my biggest failures.
When I was in middle school, I used to be exceedingly lazy with my work. I chose to sit around all day at home and procrastinate on my homework. This caused me to fail

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