... my home country, so she forced me to study very hard. As a result, at that time, the most important thing in my life was just studying, and this had made me lose any interests in making friends. When I entered the secondary school, which was the same as the high schools in the ... a passing grade in the school. I was left far behind by the other classmates especially in the subject of English. No matter how much effort I had out in studying, I still get unsatisfactory grades for most subjects. It was because I had no friends and I always felt lonely, solitary and helpless. Then, I started...

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... my sudden change to my principal. The principal called my grandmother to inform her about this academic low performance. I felt guilty that my grandmother was already told. At home she sat me down and I warned me. Thinking about my future made me cried heavily and finally, I told myself by deciding to study really hard, to be the head not the tail ... , because I was going to restart a new life in a private high school for the second time it was an overwhelming experience for me. From that, I learned a valuable lesson in my life, studying hard and putting behind all distractions were now...

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... a corrective manner as sort of a suggestion. For example, I would say, "Hey Vanessa, isn't Pat here a lot? Doesn't he have his homework to do and don't you and Valerie your own studying to do? Maybe it would be easier to focus if Pat wasn't around to distract you as much." By doing this, I mention to her the issue, I mention Valerie as the ... observation was to find a way to create a solution. I took the mediation approach, which was a familiar topic to me since I was a peer mediator in high school. I brought them both together and sat them down to explain how much easier things could ...

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... play, instead of jogging. I didn't like the idea of playing tennis, but it was a vote of four against one, so I had to acquiesce to the idea. Instead of playing tennis, I sat in the corner of the tennis court looking at them. I was bored to death. Out of nowhere, I saw a short guy with spiky hair walking toward me. Along his side was ... parents, but they allowed me to make friends with Michael, the first guy to ever to gain my parents" trust. It's a shame we both have to spend some time off studying especially in this college. However, we will meet at the park again in six months. For ...

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