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Quintin Scott

Persuasive Essay

4/06/06

"I Was Lost In College And Needed To Find Myself"

When I first came to college, my first semester was a disaster. At first, I had the identity of a college student, waking up, studying for test, handling my responsibilities. In addition, I had money thanks to the Hope scholarship, I had friends, and I was going to all my classes for my education, but it was not long before my attention was distracted by other events. My days consisted of lying in bed, staying over my friend's house playing video games, and smoking. It was like a vacation to me, I wasn't in school and I had all the time to do what I wanted to, too much freedom if you ask me. Class didn't cross my mind, not even when all my friends were going to their classes. I played on an intramural flag football team and I went to the practices more than I went to my classes. At night, I was with a girl, at the club, at a party, intoxicated at a friend's house or at my......

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