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im graduating from atec next wednesday. a few years early. have a tbi my ass. about some things, i do; but only some things. my decision making skills? do like my mom and blame the brain injury. but my principal straight out told me that im far too advanced and that atec doesnt know what to do with me. so theyre helping me get enrolled at uvu. ill put in like a year there and hopefully transfer up to the U, which would be a dream come true. all ive ever wanted was to go to the U. i was thinking about where i saw myself in five years and i definitely do not see myself still living with my mom. im hoping to get out by fall. so i can go to school. i dont live on a bus route; or anywhere close to a bus route, so im hoping to move somewhere on a route soon... preferably by the end of the month but thats too close. by the end of the summer, maybe? idk. needless to say, im excited to graduate. isnt graduation day supposed to look like the first day of the rest of your life? this is going to be double graduation because i finished my last math packet today. i had to write a graduation speech and need you to read it and tell me what you think.

To say my life has been easy would be a flat out lie; from the second I was born, it's been hard. When I was born, I wasnt breathing right and gave everyone a scare. Then when I was in my accident, no one knew if I would make it. Relearning to walk on a shattered pelvis with a broken tib/fib was no easy task. I've been told I received a traumatic brain injury, but if that's true, I must have been a freaking genius before. Basically, I'm a walking, talking miracle. Would now be a good time to mention my full name? Kirsten Faith King. That middle name of mine came in super handy. Throughout my life, I've had to deal with a lot; my parents got divorced a few years ago, my best friend committed suicide, and I was on my way to another friend's funeral when my life was changed forever; leaving me damaged, broken, and tired, with every misfortune coming at me at once. Sometimes knocked down, but NEVER knocked out. Like I said, I've been through a lot. A really lot, with very few people pulling for me. I'm graduating from ATEC two years early, but I'm coming to the game like seven years late. Life can only go up from here. Come at me, bro.

Next, I would like to thank all the people that have helped me get to this point in my life; it's a long list, so get comfortable. First, and foremost, I would like to thank my parents. Despite how I may seem right now, I am not easy to live with. I'm sure my siblings would agree 110%. I'd like to make a pretty broad statement and apologize to and thank all my family that has had to live with me at one point or another. Can I just take a second to thank all the people from school in my life, like my teacher, Lizzy, and all the staff in our class; especially Sarah and Sheri. Then there's Jake Hunsaker, Simon Osthed, Kristi Ruesch, Stacie Caffee and all their classroom aides, and Stacie Bunton. Next, all my people from Lone Peak, like Sherri Berry, Syd Hackford, Ryan Ruchti, Chip Koop, Joe Carpenter, Michelle Shepard, Matt Melville, Jake Rees, Debbie Wahlin, Brenda McGeary, Coach McGeary, Jesseca Beesley, Keith Flood, Derek Farr, Tyler Pack, and Kyle Nelson; I'm sure I forgot a handful but just know that I love all my Lone Peak-ers and all the staff here too.

​Finally, I want to tell you all what my plans are for after here. I'm hoping to get like a year of school at UVU under my belt and then transfer up to the University of Utah, my dream school. I want to get my PHD in psychology and probably minor in CSI or something because I want to be a human lie detector. Apparently, there's an art to lying and I feel like I already have a good, natural ability to detect lies. So that's my plan for now. I'll let you know how it goes.​