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Senior Year Transition
The transition from adolescent to adult is, for most people, incredibly difficult. During my senior year of high school, this transition has changed me for the better. When I was a junior, I did not really care for my grades. I thought going out and hanging with my friends mattered more than my grades. I wanted to have fun in my junior year, and that I cared more for my friends rather than my grades. Later, my parents started to see my grades at the end of the year and told me that they were disappointed to me. My parents said to me that if I do not have good grades for my senior year, they would not help me pay for my college tuition. I decided to be more responsible with my homework, because I wanted my senior year grades to be as good as

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