Premium Content Falling Toward the Future
by Samantha N. Gonzalez - October 10, 2008
This was a essay of choice on the Common Application.
“Samantha Nicole!” my mother began. The deliberate usage of my middle name indicated she was preparing to reprimand me. I instantly knew I had been caught peering underneath my neon pink Barbie bandage. As do most young children, I chose to satisfy my curiosity over my mother. The scrape I had received from the playground pavement was just too…
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