Of course dropping out of school isnt always the best idea, but I dont understand why people automatically assume all dropouts are failures and dont want a future. I know Ive said this before, but personally, I was forced to drop out of school. Due to being hit by a car as a pedestrian, I flew literally 30 feet in the air and landed on my back on April 5th, 2013. My head wouldve cracked open and I wouldve died if I wasnt wearing my backpack. At first, nothing hurt, then later and later, my back, my arms, my legs, my neck, my head, all over my body was hurting. I had to go to physical therapy appointments, doctor appointments, I had to get a bunch of MRIs and X-Rays and still do, even today. I found out later that summer that from being hit by a car, I got PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder). Due to all of my physical and mental problems I had received from the car accident, that I could never attend highschool. Of course when I would tell some people, they wouldnt understand, and they would act as if they lived what I was going through. I was so sad when I couldnt go back to highschool. Even today I still wonder what it wouldve been like to have a normal life, be in highschool, and graduate normally. For a while, I did homeschooling, but honestly, the Board of Education in New York is so bad, unless youre in a private school, even in private school its still bad, I should know since Ive been to both public and private. The Board of Education made me start homeschool, at the time, I was living in a certain part of New York, then I moved at least 5 miles away from where I used to live, and they just dropped everything I did, all the hard work I did since I moved. I seriously didnt know what to do, and I seriously gave up on life for quite a while. But then, I just kept trying. I later then found out what the GED/TASC exam was (Its basically a highschool diploma test. If you pass it, you graduate here. I know the GED has different rules in other countries.) So, since this whole thing happened, Ive been studying on a daily basis for my GED, and Ive been drawing, and writing, and getting ready for the future. Drawing and writing because my dream is to be a cartoonist, and it always has been. What Im saying is, regardless of what, or no matter what you do, there will always be a way for you to pick yourself up. Of course its hard, and most of the time you want to give up, but the best feeling in the world is making it, and proving to all those people who told you that you couldnt make it, wrong. As a matter of fact, one of my very close friends stopped going to highschool when she was only 14. She just said highschool wasnt for her, she hated it. She got her GED, and now shes in law school becoming a successful lawyer. I dont recommend dropping out, because it does take a lot of hard work, but in most cases, people are forced, or just simply cant go due to personal reasons. I know that 2015 and 2016 will simply be the best years for me. Now that Im finally old enough to take my GED, and get my life on the road, and soon start college, I know I will be just fine, and I wont stop trying until I finally reach the goal to my dream as being a cartoonist. never let anything stop you or what anyone says get to you no matter what the situation is, there will always be a way, and people will criticize you no matter how unsuccessful or successful you are. sadly, with how society is, and with how people are, you can never win with people. you have to trust yourself and pull through and do what makes you happy, regardless.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:57:18 +0000
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