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Overcoming Fear Helped Me Find The Answers I Was Longing For
Why am I Struggling? What’s wrong with me? Why was school a hard slog? For years, I asked myself these questions but failed to receive an answer. So, I concluded: learning wasn’t for me and probably never would be. So, one day when my sister said, ‘Nat, why don’t you go to college?’ My initial response was, NO! The thought of revealing my insecurities to the entire class was intimidating; however, the thought of remaining in this situation was even worse. So, that same year, I applied for an English Functional Skills course but was enrolled on a Creative Writing one instead, which, I must say, wasn’t by choice. After…