My Senior Years Research Paper

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The summer before my senior year, changed everything. During the ending of the last school year, I found the best group of people I could ever ask for. The friends I found were all just from talking to one guy and peaking my toes out of my comfort zone. I was still a very shy girl at this point in time. When Orion asked me to hangout with his friends and him, I had so much anxiety. I said, “Sure”, but I was still shaking at the thought of being around people I had never talked to before. Over the months of summer after meeting the group, my life changed (as cliché as that sounds). During those summer months, I would go out and do things without the anxiety and fear I used to have. I was able to become more outgoing and have little to no

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