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12. What exactly did you have to do for the old man that helped you out with your diploma?
Without getting into alot of details or a pity party, let's just say I had some family problems when I was 16. I had nowhere to live. I couldn't get a full time job because I wasn't 18, so I couldn't really support myself.
I bounced around from friends house to friends house and one day a friend introduced me to an old man who ran a private school.
Now this wasn't a private school where "rich kids" went to school. Most of the students there were kids that had been expelled from the public school system. It was a "tough love" kind of place.
I explained my situation to him, and told him that all I wanted to do was get my diploma so that when I turned 17 in a couple of months I could join the military. That way I wouldn't have to worry about where I was going to live and where my next meal was going to come from etc. Plus there was the college money and all that stuff that military was offering. It was a very attractive option for a kid with nowhere to go.
This old guy worked with me on nights, weekends, whenever I had time to go see him. I got the credits I needed to finish school in a short time, got my diploma, and off to boot camp I went. (And he never charged me a dime)
While the army didn't work out for me, I definitely did ALOT of growing up there. When I got out I was a totally different person and able to take care of myself.
There's no telling what might have happened to me if that old man hadn't helped me out. I owe him ALOT.
He's not around anymore, but I do have (serious) plans to start a charitable organization in the next few years, and it will bear his name.
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