GED Stories

Name: Alena
Age: 34
City and State: Stamford, CT
What motivated you to get your GED? I want a GED so I can find a good job in the future.
How have your friends and family helped you? My sister went to school too.
What problems have you faced? I need help with math, reading, and writing.
What do you hope [...]

Name: Blanche
Age: 35
City and State: Massillion, Ohio
What motivated you to get your GED? Well, I want to go to nursing school to be a nurse.
How have your friends and family helped you? My fiancé has encouraged me to take my GED so I can be a nurse.
What problems have you faced? I once had a [...]

Name: Tahirie
City State: Hollywood, Florida

What motivated you to get your GED? I dropped out of high school when I was young. Now that I am older and a mother, I realized that without a degree, no one can get a great job. I also want to get my GED to give my daughter a better [...]

Name: Lindsey
I decided to get my GED 16 years after leaving High School. I had gone straight from school into work, which I hated and didn’t enjoy, but I thought that was all I could do since I didn’t have a diploma. One day I decided to see if I could do something about [...]

Name: Mayra
City and State: Locust Grove, GA
What motivated you to get your GED? I had gone through a divorce and was left with nothing but my two kids. I realized that to keep my kids protected, and for them to have a good roll model, I had to show them that I can accomplish anything, [...]

Name: Daniel
City and State: Danville, Virginia
What motivated you to get your GED? I struggled a lot in school and thought I couldn’t do it any more, so I just dropped out.
How have your friends and family helped you? They want me to live a successful life.
What problems have you faced? The only problem is the [...]

Name: John
Age: 18
City and State: Charlotte, NC
What motivated you to get your GED? Well, I dropped out of high school so I could work more and move out of my dad’s house. I was taking all honors classes and was a B/C student. I would have easily graduated, but I could not take living at [...]

Name: Debbie
Age: 53
What motivated you to get your GED? I have been doing work as a back up coordinator and am in a position to become a coordinator if I have my GED. I really like what I do.
How have your friends and family helped you? They tell me to go for it. That I [...]