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Premium Content My Funky World

by Anonymous - September 12, 2008

Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

I’m a starting linebacker, but my mother is way tougher than I am. She runs the legislative, executive and judicial branches of discipline in our house, takes care of all of our taxes, and single-handedly manages my father’s law firm. She also prepares ambrosial Italian meals, and enjoys playing bridge and reading mystery novels.

My father is not so…

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