Overcoming My Fear

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My high school diploma and my training in the military was not enough to land me a good job. Going back to school to get a college degree was my only option after leaving the military. Life is not easy and deciding to go back to school after so many years already knowing the hardships I faced throughout high school was one of the hardest and necessary decisions I’ve ever had to make. Also trying to figure out how I was going to fit going back to school into my daily routine was not easy. One of the reasons I joined the military was because I wasn’t ready to go to college. Every time I thought about continuing school it made my heart hurt. It made me think about all the things I went through when I was in high school. Back in the second grade I was assigned an IEP (individual education program). An IEP creates an opportunity for teachers, parents, school administrators, related services personnel, and students (when appropriate) to work together to improve educational results for children with disabilities (NCLD Editorial Team). I was given an IEP teacher who went with me to a couple classes and if I need help with anything in class they were there. If I need to take a test the IEP teacher would take me out of the classroom to somewhere quiet and read my test to me. My learning disability had to do with reading, writhing, and spelling. Having an IEP teacher wasn’t so bad throughout elementary school and middle school. It was when I got to high school were my problems started. When I got to high school and my classmates started to notice I was being taken out of the class to take a test or if I needed extra time to do a class assignment or anything that suggested I needed help, they would pick with me. Once when I was in the ninth grade, in my English class we had to take a test. My teacher handed out all the test and when she was done my IEP teacher called
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