On April 24, 1987, I became a mother at the age of sixteen when I gave birth to Noelle Dominique aka Nu-Nu. From the moment I saw her sweet little face, I made a promise to myself that she would not end up like me and that promise came true. This marvelous child of mine was voted outstanding seventh grade student by her peers, graduated from grade school as valedictorian of her class, has been working since she was fifteen, managed to graduate from high school with a 4.0 grade point average while working, is currently working full-time while attending school full-time and on June 18, 2010, she will receive a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration!!
My baby, my eldest baby, the baby I had when I was a child myself, is grauating from college!!!! Absolutely mind-blowing considering, according to research, daughters of teen mothers have an increased risk of experiencing a teenage pregnancy themselves. As stated in previous blogs, I could never sit back passively and allow my children to become statistics of the streets. Congratulations Ms. Nu-Nu. I knew you could do it and that’s why I kept nagging you to stay in college and not drop out. Remember this: Only 27.5% of the US population has completed college to the bachelor's degree level. On June 18, 2011. you will become one of a small but elite group of individuals who has a college degree and do not let anyone tell you that having a college degree does not mean anything because more than likely, whoever tells you that nonsense, probably does not have one at all. It sounds clichéd, but nothing worth having comes easy and I am so proud of you!! When you are established and running some large corporation, just remember to hire your momma as your executive assistant because she needs a job.
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Lezlie
Only 27.5%? Who'da thunk it was such a small percentage!?