During my freshman year I was assigned to read the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding for my language arts class. ... I was beginning to realize that I was completing these assignments for a greater purpose and that my grades now counted towards an accumulative grade point average and that the consequences for doing the bare minimum were much more evident, not that I was ever someone who had received poor grades, I was just someone who aimed for a good grade instead of an excellent grade. ...

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