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Going, going, gone forever. Aaron Hernandez. Well well well, I guess this is goodbye. It has been real and it has been fun, but it hasn’t been real fun. I have met many good people, many bad principals named David, and some pretty exemplary Science and English teachers. The teachers allowed me to find my passion in life, and I am forever grateful for that. You did pretty good. Carrington High School, you have not been totally bad or a waste of my time. I may have found that some of your classes provided were nearly worthless, but some of the classes that you provided were actually helpful. Yeah, I know this is kind of a shock. Classes such as Science and English gave me skills that I will use on a daily basis in my future. Classes in the Mathematical field gave me skills that I will seldom use, but I will use sometimes. Then there are classes such as Intro to Business, Social Studies, and Physical Education that taught me skills that I will never use or already knew. …show more content…

There were even more skills and lessons learned outside the classroom. There are skills and lessons an individual can only learn by having the privilege of attending a public school. It would be nearly impossible to learn lessons such as how to have a normal conversation, what to do under peer pressure, and how to cope with individuals that are unpleasant, if you did not have to face these situations in a public high school. Facing struggles really helped to develop into the man I am today. The saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” really is true and this high school taught me that first

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