For young people who don’t succeed in high school, joining the military can seem like a good option, particularly when there are few other job prospects.
But Dejanique “Daisy” Armstrong, a young, gay woman from Stockton, Calif., never planned to enlist in the Army. She ultimately made that choice as a last resort.
Armstrong had a lot of problems as a teen. At one point, she lived in a shelter with her mom. She really didn’t like school.
“There were few teachers that I felt like cared about me, and those teachers got all of my attention, got all of my energy,” Armstrong says. “But the ones who didn’t, I gave no effort.”
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