A Raised Bar + One Pit Stop = Less Congestion on Academic Highway
Apr 01, 2008
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I didn’t always want to go to college.
Despite good grades in high school and parents who preached the value of a college education, I was—like many students born and raised in American Samoa—comfortable. Comfortable with the idea of serving my obligatory two years at ASCC (or even just working and not attending school). Comfortable with the sound of the ocean in the mornings. And comfortable with the idea of spending more time with my aging parents and close friends whom I had known all my life.
Deep down, I had questions. I was unsure…
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