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Personal Narrative: Returning Back To School At 43
Returning back to school at 43 has been one of the most rewarding, yet the most challenging experience. It did not take me long before I knew that this was exactly where I was supposed to be and what I needed to continue to progress in my life. Attending to school was all I wanted to do and I attempted to return on many occasions but there were always trials and hurdles that at the time I could not climb.
After the first semester of college I knew that the person I was then would never have completed school and that the blame and excuses I found through the years no longer served a purpose. I have achieved so much personal growth in the past two years and learned and experienced my courses in ways I could never have understood or comprehended
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