I can vividly and fearfully remember how I ran amok freshman year. As I took a bite from the cheese pizza during lunch, my friend, Haidy, was telling me how she was struggling in AP Government and because of the upcoming test, she decided to skip school on that particular day. Now being the naïve freshman I was, it never occurred to me that you can play hooky like that. I was sort of shocked, my “innocent” mentality suddenly...

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