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Personal Narrative: My Life In Panama
Imagine starting a race twenty minutes after the other participant, this gives them a head start hence lowering your chances to vanquish your opponents in the race. This example applies to real-life issues like the people born in high and stable economic situations. Their probability to succeed in life is higher than those indigenous from third-world countries. Panama faces this problem and I have no doubt a change can be achieved and I can be the one who does it because everyone deserves the chance to succeed if they try hard. During last year, I had the chance to be elected as coach and teach a group of teenage boys, the fundamentals of soccer; what I did not realize was that this experience was going to change me completely.

I can still remember my first day as a coach as if it was yesterday, when I stood up in the middle of the field; I was surrounded by complete strangers. I did not know if they would accept me as there coach and if they will follow my commands but there was only one way to find out. I blew the whistle and told them to form a straight line at the end of the field. As soon as I finished my sentence every soul in front of me stood up and ran following my orders. I felt powerful knowing that these children will do
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I have known people that had weaker soccer skills than some of these young boys and still got a scholarship in universities in the United States. These opportunities should be equal to everyone and not be based on the place you were born. I sat and talked with my professor about this and told him that I wanted to help these children fulfill their dreams and abandon poverty. He told me that these issues have always existed and there is no solution for these unless you have a good position in politics. I ended the conversation telling him that I was going to change that; these children will have the opportunities they

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