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Personal Narrative: Algebra
For a very different reason then most of you have given, my most valuable course was Algebra. I had been out of school for quite some time and had completely forgot how to do an algebraic equation. I had tried to take the class on-line at one point and withdrew. I was petrified of ruining my GPA. At a later date, I attended class on site and had a wonderful instructor that actually taught the class. You didn't have to google how to do it. This class taught me that I can do something that is completely out of my comfort zone. I still today remind myself that I can successfully accomplish things that I know nothing about. I received an A- in that class.

The class that provided me the least value was Managerial Finance. I did not have

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