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Personal Narrative: How Adversity Has Affected My Life

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Adversity has affected my life in many different ways, but one specifically was when I was a sophomore. I was in an honors class and my teacher was a big stickler for having your assignments in on time. It was a three-part group project. I remember I had needed to finish one small part of the assignment and then had to go to work, but for some reason as soon as I got home, it had spaced my mind and I didn’t turn any of the assignment in. I then was working the next day and saw some of the classmates I had worked with on the project and they asked if I had turned the assignment in. I instantly froze and panicked. I then went to the back to cry because I knew that the teacher was going to give me an F and I was going to get a terrible grade in

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