"Why no school?"

... This is a question I was asked yesterday, and a question that I am all too familiar with. Though it may not always be said in broken English, This question still drives that same point home... "Why no school?"... As usual, I broke out my stand-by response "I don't function well in school." This statement is followed by an awkward air of doubt. My School-less days are automatically seen as a flashing billboard sign with the words "laziness" spread across the center. And i find it hard to blame whome ever asks. This sign has popped into my own head numerous times at night while I tossed and turned in thoughts of failure. How can I know for sure I wasn't just another lazy 21 year old kid just trying to get away with doing the bare minimum? I would need some sort of proof, something tangible to hold up to the naysayers that screams "see! I'm not as pathetic as i look!" So i paused and tried to think of what i had done since high school graduation. A list then popped up and took the place of that sign in my head. And here it is... Since i graduated High school I taught myself how to run more the Quadruple the distance any P.E. class ever got me(while also losing over 60 pounds). The second I left my high school in the dust I understood how to shade drawings properly and photograph the way i intend to. Both of which were arts that i had tried at for hours and hours at a public school desk. I have had many jobs and I am quite quick and proficient in picking up skills fast. I understand music in a way i never could in music lessons. I have progressed as musician 10 fold. I'm on my way to comprehending Spanish (a task i found impossible in Spanish 100) and know a few phrases in other languages to get by on. I could write an essay if needed with more passion and sense then ever before and have written many poems and songs since that proverbial grad. cap was thrown. I've made more social connections without a Recess or lunch break present. I have learned the importance of honesty and intent. I know i have much more to learn and i know that i am just as flawed as the next person, but, at the very least i can consider myself to be driven and not a complete lazy bum. By posting this it'll hopefully give some little bit of proof to get rid of your doubts, but mostly to get rid of mine. :)

To end this I would like to make clear... if there are punctuation and grammar mistakes, that is the next thing on my list to learn