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Personal Narrative: My Family In High School

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“Enlai, what’s my biggest flaw?” I asked. “Hmm… you tend to get a ton of these grand ideas that you kind of just let fall flat… but I do that too, so you’re not alone. Why?” “I’m just trying to be self-aware.” “Okay. You don’t have to be ‘the best’ or ‘the smartest’ or ‘the most liked’ at the same time. I’d even argue that it’s impossible. And unlike what you make it seem, not everything is about the college you go to, especially undergrad. Who the hell cares about undergrad?” Who the hell did care about where I would end up for undergrad? I naturally thought of my parents, and then my extended family in South Korea. Considering my family’s expectations even before my own was a problem in itself. “What about me?” he asked.

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