The Pursuit Of Pursuing Goals

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What has people to pursuit to pursuit goals and what drives us to continue those goals.Aengus goal was to find true love, Galarza goal was to be American while still being mexican. Johnson goal was to support her family with her business of making meat pies. Those who made it their life to pursue that goal, they worked hard to get it, Galarza is one of those people that chase his goal to be american and speak english, he worked hard and earned it. Some need to have determinations and the mindset to get to our goals.
Galarza was a mexican immigrant who had just moved to california and moved to a new school. his first time seeing the school, he see some familiar features, removing some of his doubts to school. Galarza needed to learn english

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