GED Stories

Name: Emma
Age: 63
City and State: Detroit, MI

What motivated you to get your GED? I’m tired of sitting around doing nothing.

How have your friends and family helped you? By telling me I can do it.

What problems have you faced? I need help in math mostly.

What do you hope to gain from getting your GED? At my age, I don’t know.

I finished cosmetologist school. However, they didn’t require a high school diploma, so I didn’t think much about it.

Emma,

Times have changed a lot. Today, almost all trade schools require a high school diploma. It wasn’t always that way. More and more employers require them as well. But your primary concern isn’t a career (though you may want the opportunities of a GED open to you).

At any age, the GED can be fulfilling. Since you wrote in, you must feel a desire to accomplish something through your GED. A sense of self-esteem and pride is just as important as, and maybe more important than, qualifying for jobs and colleges.

The GED Academy