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Looking Back At The Past By Christina Baker Kline

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Looking Back at the Past Christina Baker Kline, famous novelist, once said “The twist and turns of life can be so unexpected, and that’s a good thing to learn”. This was especially true for me when I first started classes at Houston Baptist. Honestly, when I first started I didn’t know what to expect from having a college experience. I was anxious about starting a new chapter of my life, where I would have to make hard choices, let alone having to take a remedial writing class. I knew that the there would be some takes I would find challenging and that overcoming them would be even more so , but nonetheless I tried my best in everything I did. I would have never expected that while I working to overcome these obstacles that I would end up having fun along the way. I meet so many new friends in English 1303, making the experience all that more exciting. …show more content…

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