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by Anonymous - September 17, 2007
Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
“Mom, I want to take the SAT.”
My mom lifted her eyes off the newspaper and looked at me suspiciously. “What on earth is the SAT?” I went on to explain it to her as she stared at me with increasing incredulity, as if I were no longer her daughter but an animal escaped from the zoo. After I had finished, she was still struggling to understand how I…
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