GED Stories

I have been working the same job for five years and I want to get my GED and eventually get into nursing school. I was supposed to graduate as a junior but just before graduation a teacher and I had a problem over one of my finals, she wouldn’t let me graduate. I then moved [...]

This is my story! For years I struggled to find out what held me back from moving forward. I’m almost always in-between jobs, not establish, accomplish or finish what I started. I have big dreams. I’m studying to be a cosmetologist Happy

There is not a whole lot to tell. I quit school way back. Got married had kids, the same old story I left school out of being lazy@16 I want my boys to succeed & get their education My dream is to get the GED. Brenda

I am now a single parent my husband recently passed away. I have a nine year old son and I need to take the best care of him that I can. I got pregnant at age 16. I tried staying in school, working and raising my child but it was too much so school lost. [...]

I left High School back in 2003. I was Junior at that time, had difficulties with studies and so my grade was really low due to the status that I gone through. My first priority was work and the family; basically low income was the cause and my family’s situation at the time. I work [...]

I was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I grew up with my father and stepmother. My mother and sister moved to Switzerland when I was 6 years old. I was a great student all through elementary school and middle school. I got straight A’s until I reached 9th grade. I started goofing around [...]

I had a hard time staying in the school and away from drugs while I was still in the public school. Though I hated to go to school and to listen to teachers I still wanted to graduate. So, here I am, no teachers, no school and still able to get the equivalence of a [...]

I am a mother of three. I have worked in the escrow and mortgage business for the last 15 years. I also help my husband Don with his home improvement business from home. My parents went through a divorce and it made life really hard in school and at home. I have always enjoyed school. [...]

I’m an animal lover and I enjoy spending time with my 5 month old son. 4 years ago I left school because kids always treated me bad and school didn’t matter as much as taking care of my family because my mom left us almost 10 years ago. I want to get a GED because [...]

I wasn’t gonna get my GED, but then I realized I wasn’t going anywhere with no education. Right now I’m disabled so it gives me time to study. Hopefully when I get better I will get my GED then go to school. This working at home is really helping me because I could study at [...]