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" When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad. "

Fantasia Barrino

Help

Music

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Love

Play

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Work

Look

" I didn't want to be the type of mother where my child came to me, and I can't even help her with her homework. "

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Homework

Mother

" I seemed so different from other kids; I grew up in church and felt a connection with God, and a lot of kids my age really didn't understand that. "

" I wanted people to see me, to change their minds about me. "

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Wanted

Change

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