Some of this is post is so similiar to my story!  Except going to private school, I had teacher who just so happen to be of the religious community and guidence counselor step in!  I would tell them I was fine, never believed me!  The guidence counselor knew me since first grade having gone to school with his daughter!  He had gone as far as getting me help!  But when you go get the help, say things are fine, what can they do?

Through my years in high school, yes, I did make friends.  I was actually one of the few shy ones that many people did know.  But they only knew my face, my name and my bad habits.....not me!

To this day I talk to very few people from school.  One of them, well you will never guess who I ran into....well of course I never know!  Who?  And she hates it because they always ask HER, "How is Ann?"

Maybe if they really care enough to ask, they should look me up?  I am in the high school directory, in the phonebook, my family has never moved...they really want to know I am not that hard to find!  Do they really care or is it just conversation?

My grades did slip, how I got into the college I did...I will never know!  I went off to college...Habits got worse, pregnant, flunked out! The rest is history!

It isn't easy with depression, and I believe the peer pressure has gotten worse over the years!  I regret what I did but I cannot go back and relive my life!  I have returned to college after getting married and having 3 children and received my AA in Business Administration, graduated with honors!  It would have been much easier the first time and much less expensive!

Be smart and do it right the first time!