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Returning to School
Natasha Latrice Liner
ENG 121 English Compositions I
Instructor: Stephanie Velona
Nov. 5, 2012

Returning to school 2 In this paper I will give a brief description of my reasons for returning to school and I will also, analyze some of the experiences I had in the past while attending a community college. I graduated from Coahoma County High School in June of 1998. In the fall of 2000 I attended Coahoma Community College. While in school at Coahoma I was never interested in doing any school work or attending any classes. Going to college for me was all about having fun. I never could understand anything that my teachers were talking about. I would often go to class and try to grasp the concept of what they were teaching and things for me took a wrong turn. I eventually dropped out of college. It took me about 10 years to decide to return to school. My soul purpose for returning to school is my three children. When I was younger I didn’t have any responsibilities. Now that I am thirty-two years old I look back at all the time and years that I wasted doing nothing and playing around. Having my children has made me want to better the person that I am and to become a better provider for my children. My oldest son asked me if I wanted to finish school. I told him one day but, right now I had to focus on

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