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Returning to school
March 17, 2013

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Ever since I stopped going to college the year after graduating from high school I wanted to further my education but didn’t have the motivation. I’m a strong believer in the more I know the more valuable I will be. This is why I have the decision to obtain my college degree. Having a college degree can’t close any doors for me but only open up more. There was a point in my life were I realized the biggest things always come from the smallest things. I think something like education starts out small as we are young but ends up molding who we are as a person.
After graduating from high school I didn’t real have a long term goal set
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