The Priceless Lesson In Humility Analysis

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THE PRICELESS LESSON IN HUMILITY
The essay The Priceless Lesson in Humility reminded me a similar story of my ex best friend, and gave me a lesson about the prejudice can lose your mind and everything you love. Throwback time, she and I were friends from primary school until high school, so there is no need to say how close we were. We have been through everything even the toughest time. I have to admit that occasionally I loved her more than my parents. However, our friendship ended up when we turned 9th grade, and I still could not believe that is true. At that time, I made more friends and had fun with them, and I felt more interesting when I stayed with them. My new friends started talking about her behind her back

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