Self Proclaimed Child Prodigy Starting Over

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ok, I'm 22. Coasted through high school. Got offers from various schools. :banghead:Failed to make up a blemish on my high school transcripts. Ended up going to Sacramento State, Undeclared. Did well my first year. Joined the best African-American Fraternity between my freshman and sophomore years, :banghead:Failed horribly. Had no idea what I wanted to do with life. Became estranged from family so I submerged myself into the fraternity. Went to a local community college. :banghead:Failed again. Worked for Hollywood Video, did well. Was moving up. got tired of it. Decided to continue going back to school. Continued to fail. Fell into depression. Went 5150 like Brittany Spears and Katt Williams.:bugeyes: (It was so far from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", although there was an older gent who dialed the Operator constantly to contact Ronald Reagan) I really did this!!! Went to St. Joseph's medical center for a few days. 4.5 to be exact. Met and banded with a few young men. Grew restless without having a career or finding my calling. I've contemplated and contemplated about what it is I want to do. So after 4 years of struggling to make it in this world I sucked it up and moved back home. Enrolled into Mission Community College, Hoping to get into the LVN program. Trying to go on from there. I honestly believe that I am here to help people. So, 22 years old and starting all over again and very excited. :yeah:. Hopefully I can use this brain that God gave me and hopefully some of the wisdom and life's experiences that I have obtained and become a Registered nurse. I love God and know that he puts us through things for reasons. I've struggled. I've cried. I've felt like dying. I know there are people who have done worse and are going through worse. Starting on this new path. May God be with me every step of the way. DOn't know how far I may go. Whatever I may end up within the Nursing Field I hope to make an Impact. I love and admire the profession so much after my stay in the hospital. Wish me luck. I consider myself young. I just want to get as far as I can before God calls me home.

Wish me luck everyone!!!

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.

You have my best, pal. Keep plugging along. Don't lose sight of your dreams.

Peace.

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Well, congrats on figuring out what you want to do in life, I suppose....

(but since when do prodigies fail out of community college?....twice)

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Well, congrats on figuring out what you want to do in life, I suppose....

(but since when do prodigies fail out of community college?....twice)

life has a funny way of humbling us all...lol...

Maybe I was great student with a bright future. I messed up and stopped caring. It's ok that you're an ass, it is. Life throws us all lemons. I hope you never had to experience what i did. Maybe if I were looking at me through your eyes i would be a joke too. I honestly believe intelligence is overrated in a world full of billions.

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life has a funny way of humbling us all...lol...

Maybe I was great student with a bright future. I messed up and stopped caring. It's ok that you're an ass, it is. Life throws us all lemons. I hope you never had to experience what i did. Maybe if I were looking at me through your eyes i would be a joke too. I honestly believe intelligence is overrated in a world full of billions.

Well really, what were you looking for? So you had a rough patch that caused you to flunk out of school....multiple times, and now you're ready to pick yourself up again. Do you want a cookie or something? A round of applause, perhaps? It seems to me that you're simply getting with the program and decided to do what you need to do (if you want to become a nurse, anyway).

Also, I never said I thought you were a joke....but you have to admit "prodigy" sounds like a bit of a stretch given the scenario you were describing.

(And have you ever noticed the people who say "intellegence is overrated" aren't generally the people who would be described as possesing said quality? Just and observation.)

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I find intelligence "in theory" to be overrated. There are people as dumb as **** to do great things with their lives. And Geniuses who haven't done too much of anything. There are congressmen and scientists in Mensa just as there are welfare recepients. I guess I AM just now getting with the program, as I see that you are. What's your story?

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And I do consider myself smarter than most. Maybe haven't made the best decisions to date, but I'll kick someone's ass in jeopardy or chess. lol.

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Well, well....such as a nice way to meet and greet each other.

Let's try it again.

It is ok to debate a topic but please resist any temptation to flame.

Review the TOS if need be.

Please tell your stories...but learn from each other as you do.

Carry on.

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lol...I'm just excited that I have a plan now. God Bless. It just took me to put it down on paper.

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Sometimes life has a way of teaching us lessons....good luck.

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I find intelligence "in theory" to be overrated. There are people as dumb as **** to do great things with their lives. And Geniuses who haven't done too much of anything. There are congressmen and scientists in Mensa just as there are welfare recepients. I guess I AM just now getting with the program, as I see that you are. What's your story?

Hmm, fair enough. It is true that, ultimately, effort has more to do with success than native ability, and I'm sure that, given enough determination, you'll reach whatever goal it is that you have. Perhaps something about your post "rubbed me the wrong way", so to speak. I'm one of those people that becomes easily annoyed when I feel like people are inventing reasons for their failure or why they dont measure up to some standard or other ('my life is hard', intelligence is overrated, anyway', etc., etc.). I recognise that this was not neccessarily your intention, but statements like that still feel borderline insulting to those of us who feel that our native intelligence is perhaps our greates asset (that is, the statement seems to negate the value of something I treasure).

My appologies if I got us off on the wrong foot.

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I consider myself young. I just want to get as far as I can before God calls me home.

Wish me luck everyone!!!

Dude, you ARE young for goodness sake.

Keep with it. I am glad you have found you calling - it took me a lot longer...

Good luck! But work hard, and you wont need luck.

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