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Personal Narrative: My Life In Colombia
As soon as the summer of 2015 ended, I was living in Colombia. I was used to spending summer with my family and friends in Colombia or traveling to the US to play golf tournaments or golf camps. But that summer was different. My parents told me I was spending the summer at USF in Tampa at “SuperCamp”. I read all about it on the internet and all it said was that it was a fun academic camp. I was not happy at all, but the decision was already made. I remember when I arrived to campus, there were so many people and none of us knew each other. The teacher that received us were so pedantic, it made it awkward at the beginning. The camp was ten days. For some of the kids, it was their second or even third time at SuperCamp. They were in a special

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