I Believe in Finding Nemo

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Finding Nemo Today is another bittersweet moment in my life, my last day of sophomore year. I have chosen to write about the time I reunited with something I needed and loved, yet lost. This is what some people may call their other half. One of my favorite quotes by an anonymous author says, "High school is not the time to find your groom, but the time to find your bridesmaids." So, on that note, this is not another cliché story about losing my one true love, but about the time I lost myself. Long ago I found myself watching a movie I had no idea would be my inspiration. It’s about a little fish that swam away into uncharted waters, anxious to prove his individuality to his overly protective father, Marlin. On the first day of school, Nemo, a little bright orange clownfish --with an undeveloped fin-- was peer pressured into touching a big boat off the coast of Australia. Soon enough, Nemo found himself being captured in the net of a deep-sea-diving dentist, who searches for unique fish for his dentistry aquarium. Marlin must go literally to the ends of the ocean to find his son and bring him back home. On the way, Marlin meets an interesting character named Dory, a cheerful blue tang who has a problem with short-term memory loss. They search for Nemo together in the face of stinging jellyfish, exploding mines, and menacing creatures with hundreds of teeth. I was once a little lost fish too. Just like Nemo, I found myself wanting to be a little risky and have people view me differently than just a little fish with a disadvantage. Little did I know, my new found "risky" nature taught me the greatest lesson of all. The transition from private school to public school was a major wake up call. On my first day of school, I could've easily been identified as the odd ball. Just shake me up a little and all I could answer was yes, no, maybe, so. Awkward,

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