GED Stories

Name:      Shanell
Age:     17
City and State:     Chicago
Hi, my name is Shanell, and I was enrolled in an alternative high school called Prologue and I was supposed to graduate in 2009, but since the credit score has changed it’s going to take a another year to graduate.

Name:      Kala
Age:     15
City and State:     Northport, Al.
I about to be 16 years old. Most people think if you drop out, you’re stupid. Sometimes that might be the case but not in mine. I wanna drop out, get my GED, get a job, and go to college early. I would be going to [...]

Name:      Eric
Age:     22
City and State:     Accra
I am a Medical Laboratory Technologist and Technician Student at the Polytechnic here in Accra, Ghana. I have really understood the basic unit of life is GED. This has really ensured me to understand the standardization of upgrading yourself even when you have completed the high school. [...]

Name:      Cathy
Age:     29
City and State:     Plymouth, NC
I really need to get my GED so I can better myself and find a better job for my kids and myself. Then I know that I’m making progress for myself.

Name:      Dorothy
Age:     53
City and State:     Tucumcari
Well, a few years ago, I decided to go and get my GED. It was hard for me, I failed a couple of times in different areas of the test. I really wanted to give up. It seemed like the more I tried the more badly I [...]

Name:      Thomas
Age:     46
City and State:     Long Prairie
I’m disabled and have to find some kind of life. I dropped out of school in the 10th grade. I want my GED to start a career. My dream is to get my GED.

Name:      Lakeshia H
Well, my name is Keshia and I dropped out of school in the 7th grade thinking that I was bad and I did not need school. Well now I am 23 with no GED and I am trying to go in the military and I took the ASVAB test and got a [...]

Name:      Sammie
Age:     27
City and State:     Shreveport
Well, I was getting into fights and not taking care of my younger brother and sisters and I would have to help mom feed, get them ready, and try to make it to school, but I was a tired brother to do that, so I dropped out [...]

Name:      Steven
Age:     52
City and State:     Brentwood, MD
Well, it took place in Chicago Ill, when my mother took ill and brought me here to Washington DC and then left me to take care of myself. I had fear of going to school because I was fearful of my under age, that the school [...]

Name:      Jessy
Age:     18
City and State:     Newark, NJ
My name is Jessy, I am 18 years old, and I have had so many struggles, and pain in my past. When I was 14, I finally just started high school, and then I got pregnant. I gave birth at 15 years old, and started actually [...]