FYI with Chris Martin

FYI with Chris Martin

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Chris Martin
Feb 24, 2025
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In the fall of 2006 I began my sophomore year of high school. I was an undersized, reluctant high school football player unsure of who I was supposed to be or how I was supposed to fit in with all the different kinds of people I saw everyday—from the scene kids I sat next to in art class to the stereotypical upperclassmen jocks who made crude jokes in t…

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