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Essay About Going Back To School

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Every journey has a beginning and an end except when it comes to education in which there is not any end you can always learn something new. This particular story starts the same place most people start after graduation, I graduated in 2006 with a choice that many people face go to work or go to school I knew I could not do both so the decision was an easy one to make little did I know it would take me 10 years to go back and how that singe decision shaped the course of my life. I come from a rather large family, I am one of six and the second oldest of three brothers and 2 sisters so as you can imagine it was hard to come by things you wanted and sometimes needed you always had to work hard and sacrifice for your family. I was always lucky …show more content…

So two years in I decided it was time to go back to school and improve myself so I can compete in today’s job market. I was ready to even the playing …show more content…

So I left the company to work in a factory work that I absolutely detest but the pay was good and the hours were awesome so I had to do it for my family. I turned out not to be that bad of a job the conditions were deplorable but the people I work with were great and it worked for a while but my kids were about to start school and I knew that there was no better time then than to finally take a shot at going back to school so I made up my mind and took the

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