Overcoming Obstacles In High School

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Obstacles are defined as things that block or hinder an individual from making progress. For me, the biggest obstacle I have dealt with has been my high school classes in getting my high school diploma. For a few years, I had been trying to get my diploma, at various different schools. With my only barrier at the time being my lack of transportation. The lack of transportation caused me to have many absences. Eventually, the number of absences accumulated to the point where my grades began to drop, and I failed over a dozen classes between my 10th and 11th grade school years. In 2012, I enrolled in a school called Empowerment Academy. When I arrived there, I was told that I needed seventeen classes in order to graduate. Upon hearing that announcement,