high school diploma

High School Diploma

Receiving my high school diploma not only meant a great deal to me, but was perhaps one of the most rewarding moments of my life because I was the first person in my family to graduate. This may seem a little strange or possibly be hard to believe in these days, but every member of my family before me dropped out of school for one reason or another. I guess what also made graduating so rewarding was the fact that no one ever expected me, of all people, to succeed. Not only did I end up becoming proud of myself for staying in school and ending up in college, but my mom and brother were very proud of me because I have ended up doing something with my life. I know I made them proud by furthering my education and setting higher goals for my self.
When I was growing up my brother was always the “smarter one” of the two of us, so naturally everyone thought he would be the first to graduate, but he never got that chance. Times got hard between my parents so the...