Prompt Response by Grace

Ella’s Prompt: Describe a journey, whether emotional or physical, that you have gone on and explain how it has impacted you.

I hated school, but I loved learning, soaking up information like a dirty dish towel

hanging on the oven. The stress of public school and maintaining friendships I

didn't want to be a part of anymore finally wore me down, and I decided to drop

out of school halfway through my eighth grade year and did homeschool with my brother. My “friends” hated me because of my choice, they felt I was abandoning them, and I spent my last few weeks of school in misery.

Starting homeschool was the scariest experience I’ve ever had, but in the end, I knew it would be better for me. I could learn what I wanted to instead of just checking off boxes in the public school system, and I was able to start college in my sophomore year of high school. I was always the youngest and the smallest in class. I couldn’t even drive myself to school when I started–my mom had to drop me off everyday. But I finally felt free of the constraints of school, and I was able to learn what I desired and take the classes that interest me.