7 & 8 response Asante

I had this friend when I was an 11 turning into a 12. His name is Jonas. I remember talking to him before the ceremony asking him what he wanted to get as his assignment. He said he didn't know. He asked me what I wanted to get and I said a teacher of a food preparer. I was the 13th child  that year and got a great round of applause. A couple people later something peculiar happened, they did not call person number 19 to the stage! That person happened to be Jonas. So they kept going to person number 20 until all the new 12s were called, except for Jonas. Later he was named the new Giver. I did not know what that meant but then we left.

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Hi. My name is Asante. I am a 15 and I am a teacher in training. I love to play with my sister who is a
 6. My mother and father are both 46's. I have a friend named Miranda who is a 14, we are in training together. Miranda originally wanted to be a nurturer, like her mother. But now she likes the teacher course we are taking.

 I have an interesting past. I am not actually from this community. I was released from a city about 5 miles from here. I was one of two released baby's that year. Shortly after I was releases another released person found me and took me to there camp that they made. Then, one night when I was a 3 I crawled to the entrance of the city and a guard found me and took me in. I am the only non born citizen in this community.

I like training to be a teacher. It is what I hoped to be going into the ceremony of 12. I live a happy life with my family and couldn't be happier...