YouthHOPE is different because you are part of our team. We live in a performance based society. What you do, and how well you do it seem to define your worth as a student and then as an employee. It seems like we are constantly being graded based on our abilities to perform. With that we can subconsciously bring home a personal report card at the end of the day. And what do we tend to focus on in that report card? Areas we fall short in of course. Growing up I always tried to fit the "American Dream" model. I wanted to perform the best and get the best “grades” in everything: school, work, and life. In this I let others define who I should be according to the standards they set. I wanted to be successful, but I thought in order to be successful in the eyes of others, I had to continue to meet their expectations. So often I would hear teachers and counselors tell me that good grades and doing a lot of good things looks great on …
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