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The Struggle Is the Goal
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No Two Tests Are the Same
You’d mistaken my anxiety-driven silence and avoidance for snobbery   Dear High School Principal, I chose your school because I hoped it would be a cozy place for me to thrive. The other school I applied to hands out acceptance letters like they’re marketing samples; your school has barely 100 students. It wasn’t a hard
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