Trevor has mentioned that all the adult education staff were helpful with anything that he needed, but his math teacher, Linda Hopper, helped him to advance through the GED math lessons quickly. He reached that goal in just two months of regular study and classes. Trevor values education but described not having a high school diploma or the GED as “a real block in my life.” He came regularly to adult education classes and used the GED Academy online program to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to pass the GED. Through the skills I learned I look forward to the opportunity to change the perpetual negative mindset of many inner city individuals and replacing it with a positive high self-esteem, goal-affirming mindset. Trevor Murray wanted to get his GED so that he could feel more confident in moving forward with his job search. I believe that we are co-creators of our lives with the universe to achieve success and can be a source of inspiration to others. What I am sharing now is an inspirational American story of perseverance from a difficult childhood to a successful married parent and academic professional. There is obviously much more to my story which includes the death of my oldest brother in 2002 from AIDS and how my family and I dealt with that. Nonetheless, I did indeed graduate from college and attained a Master’s degree by the year 2000 in Political Science. However my academic success did not come easy and in fact was downright challenging at times. On his positive influence, I took and passed the GED exam and was on my way to a four-year college by the age of 20. It was very difficult growing up under these conditions and I even took to a brief life of crime during my teenage years which was a blessing in disguise because it lead me to my first positive male role model in the form of a corrections officer. Later my youngest brother and I confidently concluded that my mother suffered from a form of mental illness called ’Dissociative Disorder’ which includes symptoms of mental blocks and memory repression of periods in one’s life, hyper sensitivity and personalizing negative interactions. I was one of three children, and growing up was indeed a struggle because my father was an uneducated womanizing hustler who barely had a presence in my life and my mother was a chronically unemployed parent who scapegoated all of her misfortunes in life on her children. I was born very poor to a single parent house hold in the black ghetto section of Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised on welfare. I am routinely mistaken for at least 10 years younger than my biological age and possess infinitely higher levels of energy than any of my peers or supervises. My health, stamina, focus and body have never been better, weighing 182 pounds of muscle while boasting a 32 inch waist. The beauty of all this is that many years ago, I started out with a GED after dropping out of high school in the mid 80s.įinally, at the tender age of 47, I am in the greatest shape of my life having adopted the weight lifting and fitness lifestyle for more than 14 years now. I am a successful faculty facilitator at a local college in New York City, a trained life coach with a growing practice and I recently was accepted to a PhD program for Information Studies with Long Island University. I am a published author of two self-help books. My entire life revolves around this form of thinking and my brain takes to it very easily in terms of measured improvements in my personal and professional life. First off, I am an avid subscriber of self-help philosophies and personal development practices. I want to take this opportunity to share my story of success with you as a way of being featured as an inspiration to your subscribers. I had to create a new academic behavior and study habits.Īttaining my GED certificate has already opened tremendous doors for me. My family supported me but I disconnected with my old friends due to a values and interests clash. I wanted a better life and I knew only education could provide this.
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