Br0ken_Author
I’m unsure if this will be seen, but I’m gonna say it anyways.
I graduated high school today around 9 hours ago. This was an odd experience since it wasn’t bad, but wasn’t anything special in terms of socialization. However, there were some high points.
I spent 12+ years of schooling being bullied. I would consider it borderline psychological and mental abuse. I won’t go into it, but it was really bad. I was constantly socially isolated school to school, never escaping rumors about me being stupid or whatever reason they came up with, and much… much more. It got to the point where I (TW) felt like school was killing my mental state. I was told that I wasn’t special and that I pretty much wouldn’t amount to anything.
Today, I received the Magna Cum Laude with the Top 10% honors, an honors diploma, a gold cord for my service in NHS, and my diploma has 7 different seals in academic and student engagement. While the diploma doesn’t end all of the issues that school put me through, that diploma offers something much bigger— resolution. I can finally rest easy at night and now I can try my best to heal.
The issue now is that this has made me reconsider my degree choice. Do I really want to go back to that? Do I really want to be a teacher?
Either way, graduation isn’t a celebration for me. It proves that I was always capable. For me, it was the end of all of my suffering that school put me through.
I’m grateful that it’s over now…
LORAINEJD
@Br0ken_Author @Br0ken_Author I am grateful for what you are feeling right now, Jamie. May you find happiness in the next chapter of your studies. Congratulations for such marvelous achievements you received!
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