Damien ST
Our senior year of high school if you were in the top ten percent of the graduating class, grade-wise you were guaranteed addition to state schools like ST and UT. I was so engaged in the process and my future that literally by the first month of senior year in high school I had been accepted to Ohio ST and The University of Ohio. The reason why I went with ST was because I never had the money or opportunity to tour colleges and was stuck in Oakridge homeless.
That combined with I got into the Business School at Ohio ST but not into the school of Business at UT. If I could go back and make the decision over again I would have gone with Baylor which I was also accepted into. Anyways while I was told early on that I was accepted into ST and the Business school at that, Damien had to appeal his case and spend all school year trying to make up for the last three years he did nothing. Getting into ST wasn't something I stumbled upon, I worked as hard as I could to assure this would happen, while Damien chose to chase Brandy and her best friend Emily.
Anyways I remember when I lived with Damien at his grandparents the day he got his decision letter from Ohio ST which he applied to. We were in his room where he opened the letter, read it and then he teared up and went into the bathroom, sat on the toilet, and started crying.
He obviously didn't get into the school which for me getting into ST wasn't a big deal, but he had a connection to the school and their heritage. Basically Damien loved the school and was heartbroken when he was not accepted. The secondary option he tried to attain was Greendale Team where you begin taking classes at the local community College, while also taking a class or two at ST with the goal of completing basic requirements through both and transfer to strictly ST junior year. He wasn't accepted to that either, so he deemed his next best option was to have his uncle pay for an apartment in Oakridge, go to Greendale, and use the system and people he knew to try and get into the traditions at ST. I've said it before but without myself he never would have met Jen, or my roommate Tyler, or any students at ST.
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Non-FictionThis is a compilation of stories involving childhood abuse and trauma through a first-person impactful perspective mostly chronological. It is my story and is not fabricated in any way. I am posting just to get feedback thank you.
