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Teresa you should continue your education to make your future plans look as bright as possible. With an education you can make something of yourself, be a postive role model and a better person. Your family will be proud of your accomplishments and you can internally feel stronger as a women and mother. Don't let your education stop at high school, continue to strive for a better tomorrow. The college life will be difficult but it will be rewarding at the same time. With each class that you take it is the next step to completion and your degree will bring you a stability that no person can take away from you.

What I would tell myself in high school would be, do not hold back. I was very introverted in high school, with a very few select friends. I would tell myself to try out for the softball or volleyball team, and not hold back because of fear. I would tell myself to follow through with volunteering with "habit for humanity". I would tell myself to enjoy my life more and do something outside of school instead of just working. All of the regrets I have are because I was too afraid to step out of my comfort zone; what I would say to myself back then would be to do just that. All things I did not do then would have made a big difference in my life, especially college. The very last thing I would tell myself to the me back then would be, to pay attention more to the classes. What we do not realize until we are adults, is that high school is very important to our futures and when you are an adult it is too late to take advantage of the things it offers us.

Advice I would give myself would be to not rush into anything because in time I will find the best school solution to getting my degree and I can still take care of my family. Be patient and persistent but your time will come and you will enjoy as if you were that 18 year old fresh out of high school young adult. Also please apply for all the scholarships you can because they will make the difference of not putting too much stress and financial burden on you. Good Luck and I love me!

If I could go back and talk to myself as a high school senior I would say that a college degree is obtainable and that there are ways to financial support yourself to get an education. You can apply for scholarships and grants. There are resources out there but you have to put the effort in finding the funding but anything is possible if you want it badly enough.

Don't attend college unless you are truely ready. Take some time so really figure out what it is you want to do. I know most of your friends are going to school right away and it seems like the right thing to do, but only half of them will get a degree. HALF! Think of all of that money that was wasted. Work and save up some money so you can pay for college yourself. Loans will really bog you down, especially if you aren't sure what you want to do. You will be thankful that that's the path you take. You may finish later, but you will be more focused and determined to get your degree and more importantly, do well while achieving it! You don't want to just barely get your degree. You want to be proud of what you accompish! Attending a college and staying in the dorms is a good experience to meet new people, but as for school itself, do your research. Would online school be a better path for you? I don't necessarily regret my college decisions, but financially they have really cost me.

I would like to tell my high school self to please follow your dreams. Either your friends will support you or they are not true friends. When I completed high school I wanted to go to college to become a school teacher, this was my dream since I was probably 5 years old. I did not attend college after high school because a lot of my friends were not going to go to college and I was afraid I would miss out on partying with them. I now see in my adult life that I should have followed my heart and went to college. I regret this decision everyday and my heart is broken because I am now 40 years old and my dream of becoming a teacher has desolved. I would still love to become a teacher but I feel that my age is a factor in the barrier for this dream. I wish I could go back and shake my high school self for not at least attempting to make this dream a reality.

I would tell my high school senior self, to plan ahead financially for college and to seek financial advise wisely on my student loans. College is a struggle and you have to be able to handle it and there is a lot of responsibility so be wise with your choices.

Take more extra curriculum classes, take more duel credit classes and do not miss a lot of days of school. Pick a college that is best suit for you.

The advice I would give my self is go to college right after high school and stay determined. Do not let life and obstacles get in the way of an education, keep going until you reach the finish line. Education is everything and without it you can not gain much in this society that we live in. The faster that you are done with college the faster you are able to gain your dream job and push closer to fulfilling your dreams. No one can stop you from chasing your dreams, be smart about your decision making when it comes to school. Study twice as hard and ace every class that you take, you are amazingly smart and I have faith in you, you can definitely do it. I would drown myself in self encouragement to push myself harder than what I was pushed growing up. I let every obstacle in life slow me down from gaining my degrees and dreams. I know they say its never to late but it would have been nice to already have my degrees and pushing closer and closer to my dreams.

Do not wait so long after high school to start college so the information will continue to flow smoothly. Find every resource available to you and use them as much as possible. Continue asking questions no matter the subject at hand. Take all classes online if possible, but if you feel you need to take the class on campus do it that way.