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Outcasts United Reflection

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The most memorable and important lesson that I have learned from reading Outcasts United was the gradual, but mutual respect and commonality among a group of refugees playing soccer, whom more or less, shared very little in common when first arriving in the United States. This very common, yet profound theme of cohesion, teamwork, and overall unity of a group highlighted a key similarity between the book and my new experience at Georgia College and State University. Similar to how the newly arrived refugees in Outcasts United befriended other players of the same nationality and culture, students at Georgia College often associate and later befriend others based on a similar background whether that be through prior friendships or through

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