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John F. Kennedy
José González
Mrs. Walker
English III
19 March, 2013

John F. Kennedy the 35th President of USA. John F. Kennedy born in John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. This young man rapidly grew up as a smart and promising kid, years later he became the 35th president of America and did very good things for our country. He created good laws and tried to take this Country to another level. John F. Kennedy is one of Americas most well-know presidents; Kennedy had a quick political upraise, a very influential presidency, and an even more controversial assassination. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29, 1917. John nicked named “Jack” was a second oldest kid of a good family of nine kids, in which there is some good people like for example: Eunise Kennedy she was the founder of the Special Olympics, Robert Kennedy a US Attorney General and Ted Kennedy, one of Americas most powerful senators that United States has ever had.
John started school in a catholic boy’s boarding school in Connecticut called Canterbury, where he excelled at English and history, the subjects he enjoyed, but nearly flunked Latin, in which he had no interest. Despite his poor grades, Kennedy continued on to Choate, an elite Connecticut preparatory school. In his early years he was mostly like a teenager he didn’t do what he was told to, he did like school just like a normal teenager. Even his dad told him that he didn’t expect too much out of him but he thought that his son could be a very important and civilized person to support this idea here is the quote he used that day, "If I didn 't really feel you had the goods I would be most charitable in my attitude toward your failings ... I am not expecting too much, and I will not be disappointed if you don 't turn out to be a real genius, but I think you can be a really worthwhile citizen with good judgment and understanding." (unkown) After a couple of years when Kennedy grew up and went



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