Today I attended my aunt's graduation. She went through the adult education program and got her GED. We were supposed to do this program together and due to family issues, I had to back out and could not finish. So while I was sitting there today listening to the program, the speaker was talking about how these students had gone through hard times. They had dropped out of highschool to go to work to support their families, or they had had rough childhoods and gone through hardships and then realized the importance of an education later on in life. And then different graduates came up and gave their stories. It was all quite inspiring. And it pissed me off! Because I realized that I did the work!
See, I was one of those kids that was homeschooled. I was forced into homeschool in ninth grade. I continued my education and I have the knowledge. I just don't have the piece of paper. So now I have to fit the time in to go down and do the freaking testing because my parents were dumb and didn't take me down to do it when I was a teenager because they thought it wasn't important back then. They thought I was just going to be a little housewife to some elder and be a pioneer so it wouldn't matter. And this is why I am finding it so difficult to go down there and do this. As much as I try not to be resentful towards my parents, because I know they thought they were doing what was best for me...this is the issue I cannot get around.
Yay to my aunt for graduating!!!!!
Thanks for listening to me rant!