I know there were a -few- that have wondered over time what I was talking about in my previous blogs, about what I have finally accomplished.
First of all this is hard for me, as I was ashamed and embarrassed by it. I am now twenty seven, soon to be twenty eight. I never finished high school for several reasons so I did not have my high school diploma. To go into it a bit, when I was younger and going to school my life was always busy, trying to catch up on credits after my family uprooted all of us and had us out of school for way to long, I was helping most of my days with my brother and sister (ten years younger then myself) going to school, helping them, baby sitting, etc both of my parents worked so a lot of the time I just didn't have the time to play catch up. Also something else had happened, that I will not go into, but everything together going on, I was eventually removed from high school. I did complete vo-tech training to become a welder, ended up in the book of who is who because of it. Since being removed, I had worked made my way up, but had always wanted to get my GED, I always felt that I would never get it, and never be able to get anywhere because I never had enough confidence in myself to do it, as well as having little support to push me. Since I have been here with Howlin, things in many aspects had changed, I had that support, I had that push, and I had the want to get my GED, so my accomplishment is that I had successfully passed the GED test and got my GED. Not only did I pass but I made a decently high score over all, and very high college scores in many subjects. I now have more faith in myself, confidence in my self and even though I was ashamed, and embarrassed I feel I should be proud of myself, and I am now sharing (for those who wanted to know) what I have completed, and accomplished.