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Personal Narrative: Going To School Without Walls

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Sophmore year was an awakening for me. It was the year that I could apply to college classes at George Washington University. Taking classes at GW was my ultimate reason for going to School Without Walls high school. I desperately wanted to graduate with an Associates degree. I wanted to be able to show that I was capable of handling college assignments and that I could reedem myself. What I mean by redeeming myself is that I wanted to feel smart again. Going to School Without Walls had been an overwhelming experience. Everyone was extremely bright and intelligent. I had never been in an environment with people of equal or more intelligence than me. I can admit that I was very stressed by this. School was a battlefield and I was losing each …show more content…

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