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Personal Narrative: The Worst Generation

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The generation I am placed in gets judged in many ways by our elders or the generations before us. The reason this is so, is because of the rather ignorant or idiotic decisions we make. Some might even say this is the worst generation. There are many ideas floating around in peoples heads that vary from on the way we dress, the music we listen to, etcetera. I am an example that everything they contemplate about us isn’t true. I can make proof of this by displaying few of my many impressive positive traits The positive qualities I possess are athleticism, creativity and lyricism. I started my athletic career late. I started it as late as 4th_ 5th grade. When kids usually start playing sports they start as early as elementary school or in the

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