An Essay On Duncan Skip School

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It was a warm day in Detroit, Michigan. 1965 has been the warmest year ever since. It did not feel warm for Duncan Hutchinson. Duncan is fed up with his circumstances. This was close to the 20th day he had to skip school. Why? He had to work. All of Duncan’s life all he can remember is having to skip school to try to make extra money to feed his family. His family is a small family is consists of just his mother, father, and sister. His sister was only in 7th grade. However, she understood the situation all too well. She also has to skip school occasionally to help the family. All Duncan wants is to get a degree. His whole life he spent trying to stay in school as long as possible. This failed and the realization of the situation he was in struck him. He is going to an inner city school and missing almost as many days as he was there. He had no money to get recognition from other colleges. Not enough good grades and money to get into a good school, and finally to put the cherry on top of the cake, not good enough at sports to get a scholarship. However, he felt things were changing for the better. His parents had been much more sympathetic, he has been going to school much more and Michigan University was interested in him for being outstanding test score on …show more content…

Maybe it was just someone Duncan had forgotten about. “Hello,” Duncan said slowly, “can I help you find something?”
“No, but I can help you,” the man sneered. The next four minuets were the most confusing yet euphoric moments of Duncan’s life. The man was going to give him a chance. Something he had never had before. Duncan did have to complete a favor for him every week, but how is that a bad thing? Nothing bad can come out of a favor. All the money he could ever want was his, and all he had to do was complete a

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