What if I don't succeed a something that i've spent 5 years at and thousands of dollars. I don't think I can face my family if I don't graduate, i'm so scared that I wont get that stupid piece of paper and I'll never get a job and I'll be dissapointment AGAIN. I'm not sure how I can be a happy person with something like this weighing on my shoulders.


HELLO JEN, I,M HAPPY TO SEE AN UPDATE FROM YOU, BUT, I,M NOT HAPPY THAT YOU ARE SO SCARED OF LETTING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN...YOUR FAMILY WONT DISOWN YOU IF YOU DONT GRADUATE, WILL THEY? I HOPE SOMEONE ELSE CAN GIVE YOU BETTER ADVICE THAN I CAN. DONT WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AT THIS POINT..TRY TO CONCENTRATE ON YOURSELF AND TRY TO THINK MORE IN A POSITIVE WAY THAN IN SUCH A NEGATIVE WAY. YOU HAVE COME THIS FAR WITH YOUR EDUCATION AND THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. I DID NOT GO TO COLLEGE. I DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 11TH. GRADE. FOR A LOT OF REASONS..ONE WAS THAT THE ONLY SCHOOL I COULD ATTEND WAS A SCHOOL KNOWN FOR ITS GANGS OF REALLY BAD KIDS AND I WAS TERRIFIED OF THEM. THIS WAS IN THE LATE 1950,s AND I LIVED IN CHICAGO. WHEN I WALKED PAST THE GIRLS, I NEVER LOOKED AT THEM, I KEPT MY HEAD DOWN AND LOOKED AT THE SIDEWALK.. I WAS AFRAID THEY WOULD BEAT ME UP ..SO ANYWAY, I COULD QUIT SCHOOL AT 16 AND THAT IS WHAT I DID.MY FAMILY WAS JUST MY MOM, DAD AND ME...JEN, I HOPE THAT SOME ONE SMARTER THAN ME REPLYS TO YOUR POST AND CAN HELP YOU...GOD BLESS YOU...JENNIFER