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Colette, Trust me when I say you will continue your education sooner or later. Since that is the case, make sure to take your SAT and apply for colleges and be confident you are more than capable of getting accepted. Just because you don't have support from those around you, doesn't mean you don't deserve a better future. The path to self-discovery is whichever path you choose, but inside you will not be content unless you are exercising your mind and pushing your limits to see what you can truly achieve in life. When you get accepted into the university you choose, appreciate the opportunity and don't take it for granted. You will be surrounded by other intellectual individuals who want to be there and see the worth of an exceptional education. You will befriend these people and have conversations and relationships that are intellectually stimulating. You will learn to support and inspire each other. If you take the many other paths before you decide to continue your education, you will be held down by many people who don't understand you or appreciate your worth.

If I were to look back and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself not to give up. I would say that my High School Diploma is a huge accomplishment, and that I deserve to be the first person in my family with a college degree. I would tell myself not to dumb myself down anymore, because I am intelligent, and I WILL achieve, it is simply up to me.

My would to my high school self would be to pay close attention to the syllabus your instrcutctor gives you. Even though your high school teachers already have their lessons planned out each year, every day is mystery. The only way you can be prepared for class is if your teacher tells you what to expect. The syllabus they have printed tells the objective of the course but not what you'll be doing in each course. The college instructors have each day or week planned out so you can follow along. You'll know what chapters to read, what assignments are you'll have to do, and even when your next test is scheduled. Those are some of the best things about knowing before hand. However, because you know before hand the instructors will definitely not take any excuses as to why you are not prepared for the next day or not have your homework. Even if you missed one class, you can look at the syllabus and know what you missed that day. So again, pay attention to the syllabus provided.

So many people will spend years in college focusing on a future career for the money they will make. Some will gain great jobs without education! Do not allow money to drive you to your career destination. Follow your passion! Do not be sidetracked with the dollar signs that will be dangled in front of you by jobs that you have no true interest in. With everything you touch, you are either the best or ranked very high towards the top. Place your energy into what makes you happiest. Your education is the stepping stone to work in the field you are most passionate about. Helping others come natural to you, so do not try to change it. Do not let anyone change your mind about your goals. If you allow your passion to lead you, I promise you will find peace of mind and a joyous life.

Going back to talk to myself, I would have to do so as a junior. I would tell myself not to give, keep going to graduate high school that it is much better to have than just a GED. Going to school is amazing and when you make good grades you should feel proud. Do not worry about what others will think of you, if they call you a nerd then great, that just means you're doing good. Do not fall into peer presure because this will cause you to have to put school off for a few more years. I would tell myself that no matter how bad things may seem right now, they will get better. That the only way to have the life that I want and deserve is to go to school to do what you feel most passionate about.

While it is so much easier to be able to have most of your classes as free periods, taking that extra math class along with your Geometry class really would be beneficial! It may be more difficult to take two math classes but, it truly will help you in the long run. Listen to yourself about knowing that being friends with everyone in your class is not what really matters. Stay true to who you are and remember that college is always different from high school. Remember the time that you spent in the School to Work program, it will be what you base the rest of your life on. Teaching a child to love school will always stay with them and they will always remember how kind you were to spend that extra time with them. Sometimes the smallest things that you do for a person can mean the world to them and change they way they view the world.

I would not wait to go to college. When you get involved too much into life and out of the classroom cycle, it is so hard going back. Struggling is another reason to go to college right away, financially because you may not be in as much debt if you attend right away instead of racking up debt then trying to get student loans as well.

School is not your social network to flutter around making plans for parties. School is your network for making lifelong connections that will assist you in your future success. You need to find what you are passionate about and go at it, full force. This isn't something to be taken lightly! You don't think you make enough at this fast food joint? Then you better go to school. This job wasn't meant for you to work long term. This job will only get you by for so long, so if you want a nice house, a nice car, and money in the bank, you better knuckle down and focus on what's in front of you. The time to be silly and fool around is behind you. You're an adult now, and if you want success you need to earn it. Your friends will still be there when you're done, and if they're the kind of friends you should really have, they'll be encouraging you to better yourself and to study rather than to party and waste your life.

Don't be so anxious to jump into overwhelming obligations. Take your time and do some background research on the choices that you like and the options and/or alternatives that are available to you. The choices you make blindly could loom over you for years! Just because you get an inticing credit card offer does not mean "free money", as a matter of fact, don't even open the envelope until you absolutely feel it is needed. Be in charge of you future now, becasue if you don't you are allowing someone or something to be in charge of you later.

Put down the beer, throw the pills away! You can and will make it, look at yourself now, in a masters level position with no degree. Working with a private practice, and not admitting I was wrong when I was wrong. Seek the help you need, you are not too good for help! Put down the drugs Nick