GED Stories

Name: Dawn
Age: 39
City and State: Whiting, IN

What motivated you to get your GED? My daughter and realizing I don’t want to keep living paycheck to paycheck while just floating above the water.

How have your friends and family helped you? No one really knows as I was embarrassed to tell.

What problems have you faced? Well, I was widowed at 30 and left a sole parent with no education because I was just too scared to fail. I’ve just been procrastinating and trying to make ends meet. I’m just throwing myself out there and starting from where I’m at now and will know more later, so wish me luck in my new adventure toward greatness.

What do you hope to gain from getting your GED? I hope to gain confidence and push myself further to continue to become a life-long learner. I have many things I want to pursue, so this will give me the edge to guarantee that progression of success and make my daughter proud of me (she is a senior in college by the way). I have a lot ahead, but for the better.

Just do it!

Dawn,

Congratulations on taking the first step forward! We really like what you said about becoming a life-long learner. That’s really a great way to approach life, as an experience where you keep on learning as you go along, no matter what you’re doing. There’s no need to be embarrassed at your starting point. There are 39 million adult Americans in the same boat, with no high school diploma. And they tend to be silent about it, because they’re embarrassed, just like you. Being silent and embarrassed doesn’t do any good. We’ve worked with a lot of people who need a GED, and they’ve got nothing to be embarrassed about. They’ve had problems in school and in their personal life, and the only thing to do is stand up and move forward, and get a second chance. Well, you’re getting on the right track. So keep going. Like you said, just do it!

The GED Academy