Personal Narrative: The Alamo

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Have you ever yearned for a life changing experience that would leave you breathless, but never got the chance to actually obtain one? Many people use school as their way to explore the outside world and acquire life’s perspicacity. The Alamo is a vast, wondrous place for young advanced students, like me, to experience Texas history on another level; therefore, I believe I’m a very superb applicant for this trip.
As a child I grew up in the marvelous sun flower state, Kansas, there I attended a very mundane school that never took field trips with educational purposes. Every year, we would take the same trip to the Sedgwick County Zoo; only to see the same animals annually! First the Zebras, then the lions, now the monkeys! It’s like déjà vu

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