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Personal Narrative: A Hard Life Growing Up
“I had a hard life growing up. You see, I was home schooled until until I was in eight grade and I never really had any friends. Except my cousins, that is. I mean, it was nice to stay home and spend time with my family, but only reading and playing video games got seriously boring after a while. It took forever to convince my parents to let me go to public school, I am thankful that they let me though. After I started public school I made a lot of friends, including one who is now my boyfriend. He is still my best friend and I don’t think I could live without

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