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M.O.O.M.B.A - Paper

M.O.O.M.B.A

" If you think you can you can. If you think you can't you're right."
-----Maya Angelou
They say life is a fortune cookie with your future inside of it waiting to emerge. I believe this is true, but five years ago, I would not have cared. Five years ago, I was thinking about the present time. I was not interested, thinking of, or even caring about anything that was going to happen in the future. My plans consisted of whom I was going to flirt with, or whom I was going to fight. My main problem was ignorance. I knew waht I had to do to become someone in life, but since that day seemed so far away, I ignored it. I thought I was too young to start trying. I thought that person could never be ...

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me the news. I was chose out of 180 students to be in the first class of AVID, at Sullivan Middle School. I was astounded and tremendously proud, but the first question I asked was, "Why me?" Without any hesitation Mrs. Bell replied, "Because you deserve it."
When school started, I felt proud and confident. I felt like I amounted to something. I felt like I was someone important. As soon as I stepped on the campus, my attitude changed entirely. That inner person who was who has always been inside me was controlling my thoughts and actions, but because of my stubbornness, I had kept so confined. As I roamed through the halls (finding my classes without a problem), I felt I was on top of the world. I was in eighth grade, I was popular, I was class president, the only girl on the football team, and the fastest girl in school. When I thought about all those things, I knew I amounted to something. I knew that I was somebody. Everyday I reminded myself that from this day on, what I do ...

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Added: 7/14/2006 12:34:40 PM
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