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On July 23rd, 2002, I decided that I wanted to be President of the United States when I grew up. After watching the news with my mother almost every night since the prior September, I decided that I could handle the job of President when I was grown. I was four at the time, but I had a supreme level of confidence in myself. Every action I have taken since that day has been taken in order to further that goal. Now, I need your help. It would be pretty awesome if I could honestly start this essay with the preceding paragraph. I’d probably have decent chances to earn your scholarship money if that were the case right? Well, I must unfortunately come clean. Most of that paragraph is false. While I did watch the news with my mom and the rest of my family most nights following September 11th, 2001, most nights I did not really comprehend what was happening. I did not start to comprehend politics fully until high school really. Moreover, I did want to be president at an extremely early age, as I am sure many children envision their futures. Like most with such visions though, that ship has long since sailed. I have made far too many poor decisions in my …show more content…

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