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Personal Narrative: Where Would I Take Away A Life?

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Never would I’ve thought at this age, I would be sitting here waiting for strangers to decide the fate of my future. I shouldn't be here, I was always the honorable one, but yet here I am, waiting to be charged with murder. I regret becoming the person that is capable of taking away a life because of enragement and pain. I always knew right from wrong, but the frustration blinded me. (Smacks forehead, disappointed tone) I just couldn’t take it anymore, all the names and bullying took me to the darkest place I would never imagine myself to be. They always instigated me to fight back, I always ignored, but the one time I decided to stand up for myself, I ended up killing her. Although, everyday hearing the same negative words being screamed
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