“In middle school, I was severely bullied. I was even pushed in front of a car at the bus stop.”

Eleanor’s biggest obstacle to overcome happened when she was 12 years old.

In middle school, I was severely bullied. I was even pushed in front of a car at the bus stop.

At the end of the school year, I transferred to a public charter school that was everything I could have wanted. I poured myself into my schoolwork, determined to make myself better. I ended up dual enrolled in the local community college, graduated early, became an Emergency Medical Technician at 18, and now I serve in the US Army National Guard and I’m working towards my RN license. Those bullies are in much less nice situations. Life is really what you make of it.

 Written by Eleanor Brogdon

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