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June 4, 2013
By AdrienSol SILVER, Groton, Connecticut
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AdrienSol SILVER, Groton, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Music is the universal language of mankind.&rdquo; <br /> ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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getting a gold star in Kindergarten
reading a picture book by yourself in 1st grade
counting to 50 in 2nd
getting a class job in 3rd
lighting up a light bulb in the science unit in 4th
getting through elementary school in 5th
honor roll in 6th
learning a foreign language 7th
and achieving high honors and being promoted in 8th

© Brad S., Lecompton, KS

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I wrote this in LA for our poetry unit.
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