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I dropped out of high school the last semester of my senior year. I was having a lot of problems at home and in my social life. I fell into the whole smoking pot stage, drinking all the time with my friends and ditching school. I was running with the wrong crowd and it was leading me into a dead end. I just sat around doing nothing but wasting my life away for four years. I had a few jobs in that time but not the kind of job I see my full potential being used. My girlfriend Corina helped me get on the right track again. She helped me study for the GED test and find testing sites. I was in a self contained class my junior and senior year of high school to help with my learning experience. In that class I was able to leave school at 12:05 p.m. opposed to 2:50 p.m. I was lazy and took school for granted and now I’m very happy to be where I’m at today.

The four years after I dropped out of school I just sat around and did nothing.. I thought it was cool because I had nothing to do and I didn’t have to get up early and whatever. I was hanging out with the wrong people. These people I thought were my friends really weren’t and just used me. I got into trouble when I was in school a lot and there were constant problems at home. I started drinking a lot and smoking pot. At the time I thought those thing’s were a way out of it all, but I was so wrong. It got really bad and it affected everything I did. I would lash out at people that didn’t deserve it and I really started to hate myself. It was about time I did something with my life otherwise I would keep drowning into nothing.

My best friend through out those four years, who is now my girlfriend, helped me get my life back on track. She talked to me whenever I needed help, and went above and beyond to make sure I was always ok. Corina helped me get off drugs and focus back on school. I decided I would go back and get my GED. Corina helped me study and find the test sites and dates. I couldn’t have done all that with out her and I will be forever thankful to her.

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