what were the deciding factors in dropping out?
I was miserable, could hardly get out of bed in the morning, and spent the entire day in an anxiety attack. Every day. I wasn’t learning anything because we were just constantly reviewing old material. Because I was such an emotional wreck, I couldn’t muster the energy to do any school work and I was struggling to just barely pass. It was looking like if I stayed in school, I would kill myself, and if I didn’t kill myself, I wouldn’t even graduate on time. Then one day, without me mentioning that I wanted to, my mom said, “Maybe you should just drop out and get your GED.”