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Dropout Nation/Five-year Plan

What are my attitude and feelings toward the video? Well, my attitude toward it was non relatable. Thankfully I don’t go through the things they do and don’t have to worry about what they worry about. My feelings toward it is that I know that people go through this everyday. I’m very lucky I’m not one of those kids that doesn’t know if they’re getting food that night, where they are going to sleep, and if they are going to see their parents ever again. Some of the common traits, characteristics, and backgrounds that these students share are, they all came from a family of drop outs. They all didn’t care about school. They are different because Marco graduated and on time. Even though he had to redo his junior year, Marcus came to school every day on time. In my opinion, the
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I chose him because his father got deported and his mother almost. His brother dropped out. After he graduated, he went into the army. It affected me the most because he almost lost his parents, graduated, and served our country, and maybe still is.

What is my five year plan? Before I answer that, I want to tell you what education means to me. It is everything I do and don’t experience in life. School plays a big role in this because school is basically the first few stepping stones in being successful. The next few would be chooses you make at any given moment, and the final ones is paying attention to everybody and what they tell you. These “stepping stones” is what education means to me. Now I can answer my first question, that is to be a famous bass player. My goals are to go on tour with Chevelle and to release an album with a band. My cousin our friend have a “band” but no space to practice together. In about a year, hopefully we will, until this happens, there will be late nighters writing songs and riffs. I already have around 50 songs and 10 riffs with more to

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