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Personal Narrative: My Younger Brother's Football Games
The last few weeks I went to my younger brother’s football games, and for a while now I notice parents always seem to get a lot more excited and in some ways crazy during the games.
Before I started taking down notes and really paying close attention to the parent’s behaviors during the games it just seemed like parents cheering for their kids and at times rude behavior.
Once I started to really pay attention I realized that a lot more was going on behind the scenes of the games than anyone could realize.

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