High school was very rough

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I went to a new school where none of my K-8 friends were going. I remember the first month I hung out with the jocks. I knew a few of them and was friendly towards the rest. That is, until one day when one of them started being an ■■■■■■■ to me. I totally retreated. I won’t go into detail but basically I became a loner, and my illness started to really develop.

It was just a bad combination of circumstances. My family is Christian Scientist, and they don’t believe illness is real. It’s a really strange kind of cult, that religion. And another thing was my back condition, which started in 8th grade. So I had a mental illness and a physical condition going on, and received absolute no care for either of them. The pain was out of this world. And any other parent in the rich San Francisco suburb would have taken me to someone.

I don’t want to go on a rant about my high school years. I’ll never be at peace with them, and I’m close to accepting that. I’m going to start a new life once college starts, and I’ve learned plenty to make better decisions from here on out.

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Damn that really sucks. At least you made it through I’m assuming. I dropped out my junior year because of my psychosis, depression, and extreme anxiety. I haven’t even gotten my GED yet since the stupid ■■■■■■■ who are in charge of it won’t give me any accommodations.

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I dropped out junior year too. I’m working on getting my high school equivalency through the HiSet test, which is like the GED. I got all my accommodations met, and I don’t see why you wouldn’t. What I did is I got my doc to write a detailed letter about my psychosis.

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Oh man, haha, those are good usernames.

We can’t discuss religion on here so let’s leave it at that. But i will say it should be called Nonchristian Nonscience.

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Yeah I think I’ve heard about that test before but haven’t researched much about it. Now I have a lawyer from Equip for Equality and multiple doctor’s letters to plead my case to the GED people. Now I just wonder if it’s really worth it since the field I’m going into doesn’t require any sort of diploma or anything.

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You should man, you never know what’s gonna happen career-wise down the road, it’s safe to get your GED or HiSet certificate. Your choice though.

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I spent a couple of years doing volunteer work at a medium security prison here in Canada. I was visiting AA members in prison. The number one thing that stood out to me was exactly how much the prison atmosphere felt like Jr. and Sr. high school did.

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