My Recruit Training Experience

It seemed to be the longest bus ride on which I had ever been. Every
passenger had the same terrified look on their face. Each one of us seemed
to be thinking the same thing. Asking ourselves, "Do we really want to go
where this bus was taking us?" We all knew the destination , and thought we
were ready to go there. Many of us had visited this place, or places like
it in our imaginations when we had played as kids. Was it a dream come
true, or nightmare?
The welcoming committee was outside in the rain, waiting on
us. When the bus stopped and the door opened, we were willingly received as
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