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Pukalani: A Short Story
It was a rainy day in Pukalani. I got home from a exhausting day at practice and my dad just finished showering. As I walked into his room I asked if I could talk to him about when he realized he wanted to go to college. My dad usually never talked about school especially High School. I guess he never thought i’d ask him about college because it wasn’t to long ago. “Sure why not”. We began talking about why he wanted to finish college. “I got to warn you this is going to be some boring answers”. As I laughed i asked him questions about his college experience. Additionally, Sean sat there we started to talk. I asked him what he was
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