The Realization

Many things happened during the nearly three years of law school. When I started this blog years ago, I struggled to figure out who I was. The only difference between high school and college was that I had obstacles. I had barriers that no person in their 20s should have faced. Don't get me wrong; I had obstacles in law school, but I overcame them. 

It should not be a shock to anyone that I persevered through the law school obstacles, with the only obstacle left being bar admission. I am graduating with a law degree nobody can take away from me. Here I am with a message to my younger self. It's a message I wish she had heard while going through the education program. The message I heard was to find somewhere where you will shine. If she were to hear that now, transfer schools. My younger self did not deserve to be somewhere she had been gaslit at any turn, where she was called a liar when going to board meetings instead of chapel service, and she certainly did not deserve the lack of support being given. She was a young woman trying to fit a round peg in a square hole with little support. Yet she persevered. She was not in the right environment for her to shine and thrive. So, it's no surprise she decided to go to law school because her college major did not give her options for a career. She wanted to be something other than a college professor in higher education. She did not want to struggle with writing for the rest of her life. She wants to make a difference in other people's lives. It was her mission and purpose in life. 

So what if teaching is not the way to go? She can argue and make policies that change the education system one step at a time, for better or worse. 


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