OK so in this post I am going to be completely honest and I have no idea how spiritual this will be so please don't judge.
So here's the deal as most of you might know or have guessed, I am home schooled. However for a number of years my parents did not have me under a umbrella school...I didn't know that and just worked through school at my own pace. So because I have not been under an umbrella school I have no documentation and can't really get a regular high school diploma. So I have gone and done the pre-testing to get my GED at the adult learning center AFTER COMPLETEING ALL of my high school curriculum. So I will be getting my GED soon and I consider myself a high school graduate...
So what's the problem?
All the negative stigma around the GED and the judgement I feel like I have been receiving...I cringe at telling people I am getting a GED because of the "OH I see" reactions I get. I am really frustrated because I am not dumb in anyway...I scored high A's on the GED pretests in Math and Lit. and scored a low B in English ( which I might have to take a class for. Hey we all have our weaknesses!) I found there pretests pretty easy and very much like what I did in 8th,9th, and 10th grade. Yes, I stunk at English even then and you can probably tell from my blog posts that I do and I admit it!
The only reason I want it is so I can get into college with the proper paperwork and without hassle. Is that so bad?
Also I have found that from just ONE visit to the Adult learning center that these people that come in there don't seem like slackers. When I went in there as they opened that night I witnessed 2 dozen adult students show up to get to classes on time and I also witnessed them working hard through their review tests and alot of them seemed to have goals and were eager to learn...kind of a departure from some of the students you might find at a high school huh?
So I don't know I guess this has turned into a venting session...I know I shouldn't care what others think but that is really hard for me to do and I am working on it.
Sorry if you read all of this and expected a great ending or something really deep. All I can say is to God be the glory and I pray that I can just remember that He has a plan for me and it is for me to prosper!
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