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AP Economics Class Reflection Essay

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Looking back, I did not have a clue. My days were filled with doing long division homework, attending football practice, and hanging out with my friends. I was living a happy and carefree life, loving every minute of every day - until I faced a test. Mater Dei was an all-boys school that had its fair share of traditions such as “Griffin Day,” when school was called off and a complete day of activities and camaraderie filled the day. When I was in the sixth grade, the aftermath of the economic recession truly hit home. I could detect an undercurrent of upset in my house, judging by the worried looks on my parent’s faces and their short fuses when I crossed the line. To their credit, they shielded me from the harsh reality of my father losing his job at a real estate firm. With private school tuition bills on the line, they did not know how they were going to come up with the funding to finance my education. Seeing how well-adjusted I was in a school that focused on shaping character and imparting a value-system, they would sacrifice at all costs to maintain my educational placement. During that difficult time period, I …show more content…

Studying its causality in my AP Economics class, I continually return to my personal connection to the worrisome chapter in America’s recent history. While my father eventually got back on his feet, I never realized until much later how they sacrificed to keep my life at a normal pace. In fact, I later ascertained that they worked with the Mater Dei school officials to space out my tuition payments so that they were much more manageable. The generosity and compassion of caring people lifted my family through a difficult time that I will never forget. Older and wiser, I appreciate the lessons that were learned as my father and mother got back on their feet and rebuilt our family finances. Clearly, children came first in the Enright

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