Also, always remember that a good essay should possess these three elements: unity, coherence , and emphasis.
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Different cultures manifested in the history of the human race interested me at a very young age.
Great sentence!
However, cultural studies did not appeal to me until I entered the Spanish program at Indian Creek Middle School.
This sentence is contradicting what you said in your earlier sentence. Remove one of them.
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