“I would like to be remembered as a caring person….I would like to have contributed at least something even if it is just, like, being a good friend”
“I feel like I am proud that I made it this far. That's just, like, hard for a lot of people. It's definitely been hard in the past, but you just have to keep on going”.
English 3/4
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