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Paragraph: My early memory of parents.

My early memories of my parents are full of misunderstanding. When I was a kid, I always can’t understand that why they do these. But now, when I found out their accurate purposes is that make me grow, I feel guilty about my immature. The most impressive early memory of my parents is about the way to kindergarten. I spent around twenty minutes if I walk from my apartment to kindergarten, but my mom’s jokes and stories make the way shorter than it real is. I was extremely outgoing when I was four years old, so at the first week I became a popular student in the kindergarten. But after two weeks, my mom told me that I have to go to kindergarten by myself, and I was shocked about that. It’s a twenty minutes long way to a four-year-old girl. It’s long enough to meet many horrible things. No kids can revolt the order from their moms, so I left home alone. That was the first time I thought that kindergarten is not a good place anymore. I arrived my class with an apparent bad mode. I envied those kids who get kisses from their moms, and who get new toy as a reward for “come to school”. After that, I never go to school with my parents, and in my mind, that’s probably a serious aspect affects my opinion about school. Few years ago, I talked this thing to my mom, and ask her why let me go to school alone. My mom’s answer still makes me feel guilty. She told me that in her mind, I should build my independent skill as early as possible. She doesn’t want me over depend on parents as other weak kids. Go to school alone is dangerous, so she fellow me for 3 years. I have never gone to school by myself. I didn’t say anything else, and I really wanted to cry at that moment. In my mind, she’s very cruel and strict to me. The answer of “go to school alone” shouldn’t full of love and care. Now, I adapt a new environment as quick as I can, and this ability all depend on my mom’s independent training. There are many things make me

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