CEO StoryTelling Project

When I was really young, I wanted to be a signing nun. That's like, that was like the ultimate dream until I grew up and realized that that's not exactly what I wanted for my life. 

 

I’m actually a GED recipient, myself.  Um, so high school was pretty miserable, um, for a lot of different reasons. I have a lot of, um, social anxiety, a lot of issues identifying with people and, um, I had a lot of struggles at home, as far as relationships at home. Um, a lot of issues around abuse and things like that, but I also helped raise my nieces and nephews so that was also a strain on going to school. There were just a lot of different factors that made high school very difficult, um, so I ended up dropping out and got my GED and honestly it was- it was the best thing that-that I could’ve done.

 

When I mention that, y’know that I got my GED when I mention that at orientation or in one-on-one conversations with people, um, it’s a big deal for me personally just because it’s like admitting to something. Y’know GED kind of has that, uh, stereotype or that stigma attached to it, y’know, um so sharing that is kind of a big deal and makes me vulnerable. But then their reactions to it, y’kow most people are really surprised so i feel like if anything- if anything what I would want it to do is just to show that there is another way to live; there is another way to do what you want to do. It doesn’t necessarily have to be what I did but there’s away to make that happen, and a GED isn’t going to hold you back.