I was one of those "she has great potential but she's not doing anything with it." Kids. By middle school I discovered the awesomeness of in school suspension. From that day on getting ISS was my goal. In ISS I could do my work at my own pace and I didn't have to deal with people. The funniest part of that is I discovered that because I was wrongly accused of smoking in the bathroom. I refused to tell them what I was doing ( purging) so I got ISS . I spent my 10th grade year completely plastered even drinking at school before I dropped out of school and went to GED.

In my state you had to go to classes so many house before you can try for the GED. Well the program was run by a therapist and there was a drug and alcohol counselor 3x a week. So I had therapy daily for 3 months. I excelled there.

Then I spent 10 years trying and failing to get my associates. I worked really hard each time but each time it became drop classes or hospitalization. If I could I'd still be trying but there's something about school that makes me unstable.