My Michigan Hero

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My, Michigan hero

Dylan Quick was a high school dropout. He dropped out at 16 and went back at 18 while and in those two years he, had a full time job. While he was going back to school he had a full time job at McDonalds and they did not pay him so he quit and was just going to school. He alway told me to stay in school and get a good education and go to college and a good job.
Whenever i'm falling behind in school I always think of what he did. He went back to school and got his diploma Dylan is really smart but he started hanging out with the wrong people and so he dropped out. Two year’s later he found out he was gonna be a dad on Halloween he thought it was just to scare him, but about a month later he started noticing his “girlfriend's”

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