The passage What is the author's purpose for writing this text?
A Complication or Two
O to encourage young people to create a life plan
O to argue that medicine is a better career than law
O to tell an amusing story about how he met his wife
rejection letter from my Ivy League school of choice was the
major obstacle I encountered in my grand 10-year plan. It
not the last. I was 17, and at the time quite certain that
ing would derail me from my grandiose future. I planned to
eve everything my parents expected, and more. The first
was supposed to have been attending my parents' alma
er graduating with honors, and then moving on to law school
out pausing to let my peers-or competitors-catch me. To
that's not how it went is a gross understatement.
O to share something he has learned about life
eding a distraction in my moment of crisis, I decided to pick
another couple of hours of volunteer service. I rode the
way to Tri-Valley Hospital with that rejection letter wrinkled in
right fist. I probably should have left it at home, but I couldn't
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