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Whenever I think about my childhood I picture my mom waking me up, dropping me in front of my school. She tells me that she will come and pick me up at 3:00. In my memory, she always smiles and tells me that I will learn something new every day, and she will not leave until seeing me go pass the school gate. At first, I didn’t know why she did that. As I grew up, I realized she’s my mom and she understands me so well. I did not like school at all and I will skip school if I have a chance.
I was, and I still am a type of person that once a decision has been made, I will try to do it. It doesn’t matter how long it will take or how hard it would be. I will find a way to do it. I used to climb over my house or my neighbor’s fences all the time so I could get out of the school without anyone noticing me My school had a really big tree that is close to the school fence. All I need is to climb the tree
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I’m sorry, but there are not so many people talking to me. What can I help you?”
“I’ve been coming here for more than half a year, I noticed that you’ve always sat here study from 8 to 10. I am a curious person, and I believe that school is a better place to study than internet cafeteria, so why do you come here to study instead of school?” I felt much better after asking him the question that I had been asking myself for a long time.
“Going to school has always been my dream. I lost my parents three years ago in a car accident. And they don’t have any relate here so when they died, I live with my adopted dad. I don’t have money and my adopted dad doesn’t want me to go to school. He wants me to stay here and help him with the business. Maybe you do not know this but I am the cafeteria manager’s son. He lets me use the computer two hours in the morning and I need to help him clean the table, bringing food and drink in the afternoon.” His eye went down as he telling me with a sad

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