Personal Narrative: Acton Vs Traditional School

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I am here at Acton Academy and not a traditional school because of the fact that in a traditional school, there is no room for anybody to follow different passions. It looks to me like the only time you get to choose what to do during a public school education is when you are choosing what degrees you want in college. At Acton, however, if one person’s passion is math, another’s is coding, and another’s is art, then they can all thrive at Acton. Also, Acton is focused on the long-term. In a public school, they try to control every little thing you do. At Acton, the key is to get the long-term goal done, like LP or college.

I believe that my next step will be to learn more about computer programming and open source computer programming. I believe

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