At the beginning of my application last year, I was very motivated to regain my English. I took online classes, memorized words, and did TOEFL reading every day to prepare to get a better score in the ...

In late September, my sophomores were packing up for the day when I noticed a group of boys, heads down, all focusing on what looked to be magazines open on their desks. They lifted each page ...

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