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Summers on Cape Cod My main and initial molding of the person I grew up to be comes from my time spent on Salt Marsh Lane in Pocasset, a small village on Cape Cod, on the shores of Buzzard’s Bay. I have been going to the Cape since I was four months old. My summers in Pocasset have taught me many invaluable things about life and have helped me grow up to be a …

…valuable and influential experiences. Whether I was learning how to sail, doing yard work, or hearing stories about “the good old days,” I was learning how to be a man of good manners, becoming more self- reliant, and benefiting from summering in such a beautiful place. I believe that the skills and values I learned from summering on the Cape will help me in the new way of life I will soon experience in college.