College life

It takes hard work to get as far as I have. Especcially with how far I had to fall first. In 7th grade I dropped out. I was tired of uncaring teachers. I was tired of cruel girls, dishonest friends, and being singled out. School was not kind to me. So my mom pulled me out to homeschool me.

This was not the best idea in the world. I slowly started to fade into a pit. I was faking my work, and cheating to get good grades. Eventually I just stopped doing it. Wasn't entirely my fault. My mom was so busy she just didn't interact with me for my homeschooling.

I spent several years drifting...but of course they weren't waisted. I started to really get into art. I was getting into all sorts of new media. Charcoal, watercoler, acrylic, india ink, ect. And the world of art was opening up. By 15 I had realised I wanted to do something artsy, and by 18 I wanted to go into video game design. But to get there....I needed a high school education.

Despret for help, I sought out Western Iowa Tech to help me get my GED. But as I did the online courses I saw my self falling into the same patterns as before. I realised I needed more help. A friend told me about Job Core, there I could get my GED and a career that could carry me through college comfortably.

Of course new problems erupted. Suddenly I knew what high school. Is like, because if Job corps isn't like highschool....its worse. No....yeah...its worse. Because ontop of the drama and the cruelty and the terror I was surrounded by the worst this world had to offer. And I felt like an ant among giants.

I fell into depression, not so bad that I wanted to kill myself..but bad enough. Most nights I would cry till my roomate came back. Which ticked her off, which in turn made me feel worse. Not even my friends could pull me out. So I determined that, after I got my ged I would leave the program. And I did and immediately got myself enrolled here. At Western Iowa tech.

Hold on. Pause. Rewind. How did I survive? Ever wonder how someone like me becomes a christian. God. I believe God has lead me to where I am now. If it wasn't for God, I wouldn't have even met the friend that told me about job corps. See my dad is the minster at the church in my town. And he's the reason we are even there.

You see...God is the only way you can obtain a real life. Money and power are empty, entertainment takes everything from you...and you wind up enjoying yourself....until the power goes out, and beauty doesn't last. We need God. And only he can pull you out of your rut.