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To see things outside of school,
keeps me sane.
I hate being used as a tool,
just for the fame.

The grass at the zoo or park,
greener than ever before,
stay cold until dark,
Creating oxygen as it grows.

Snow I saw for my first time
A baseball field I visioned for the first time,
It was all fun and games,
until we had to go home again to take the train.

These things opened my mind,
No pencil, no paper, no pen.
I could rest my eyes,
until it was the end.

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A triton I am expected to be,
at the prestigious UCSD,
Academically smart and honored,
To be where Poseidon was fathered.

Of all six colleges,
I chose John Muir,
Though,
land there is huge.

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It was with our orange spirit,
that made us whole today.
Our caps and gown show it,
We might not be so far away.

Just looking through our eyes,
friends that we will never forget.
Those who will strengthen ties,
even those you just met.

Class of 2017,
Hold your heads high,
For school was such a fiend,
Yet you fought the tide.

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Four years you stayed with me.
Four core subject you taught me,
And now, you wait for me to leave,
So sad, so sad that I grieve.

They were without ease,
Math, history, science, nor philosophy,
But a challenge to come,
That I would end before going home.

You reached into my heart,
You played life a huge part.
You made me smile,
and I will for a while.

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My friends. I consider myself special knowing that I have people I can call my brothers. I have people I can trust. The time spent with Joel, Ramsen, and Faisal may be deemed priceless, for no one else knew who to make me laugh like them. My years have been the longest with Ramsen, dating back to the 3rd grade at Jamacha Elementary School. Joel and Faisal are the two individuals I met at Hillsdale Middle School. I have learned the hard way, finding out for myself who the honest ones were as I ventured through my years in high school. Ultimately, it was those who stuck with me before high school, those who never used me for my intellectual capabilities, those who got me to smile when I barely could not.

Ramsen, for one, is the older brother. He pushes me around, most of the time reacting to when I trigger him but in the end, we stay together. Any problem I faced, he would look to find a solution, directly or indirectly. I got bullied before. He came in, made me normal so I could fit in.

Joel is one who I side with very closely. We talk about everything, mainly the future so that we know what to do that is better. We become philosophers as we think about the world. We make fun of the world now and its memes. Basketball fuels our passion, every week playing in the hot sun. It is fun times that we have spent outside school that has made us as close as brothers.

Faisal suffers with me in the burden of school. He seems to lighten the mood, trying to laugh and joke to take the bore out of class. We always fathomed our similarities, like being academically gifted. We shared stories of our past back in our hometowns. We stressed over every move in chess, each game going to 2 hours.

These 3 individuals, however different, all made a secure, trustworthy path to me. All have been honest people. All have made me laugh, not used me. They are the definition of brothers.

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A Photo Signed by the Previous Resigned Pope Benedict the Sixteenth

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A Photo Signed by the Previous Resigned Pope Benedict the Sixteenth

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It was fun... until we had to run the last 10 minutes to catch the bus.

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When I got my first B in AP Biology, but that did not stop me from achieving my goal of becoming the Valedictorian.

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I was awarded the greatest honor, I have ever received. I am the Valedictorian of Valhalla High School, a dream I had that pushed me to work my hardest throughout the four years of high school.

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My teacher from Hillsdale Middle School left me with a comfortable farewell that gave me more confidence as I entered High School.

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I don't know... probably not going to be my favorite thing to do.

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I will become a Triton. I will be going to the University of California, San Diego at John Muir College. Exciting, isn't it?