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by Anonymous - October 01, 2005

How have you taken advantage of the educational opportunities you have had to prepare for college?

"Those who do not know their opponents’ arguments do not completely understand their own.” My mother had emailed me the quote, saying it reminded her of me. As I read the quote, I saw how it reflected my life. In all my schooling, all my education, I had come to form my own opinions. These were not blind opinions, but ones of careful observation…

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