Personal Narrative-It's Time To Go To High School

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Ask my siblings what irritated them most about growing up with me, and they would all say that I asked too many questions. Even in preschool my mind was a machine that constantly cranked out questions. My mom’s favorite phrase became “Google it.” As I found answers, the machine became more sophisticated and required even more information. I was excited to go to kindergarten and learn for many hours a day. School, however, bored me instead of challenging me. I “learned” what I already knew, as well as what I knew was false. For example, my first grade teacher insisted that large numbers could not be subtracted from smaller numbers, even though I told her about negative numbers. After first grade, my mom decided to homeschool my sister and me.

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