GED Stories

Name: Casey
What motivated you to get your GED? When I had my son, I thought to myself that he needs something better. People say that I can’t get a job because I never finished high school. That makes me sad and mad, so I’m going to show them all.
How have your friends and family helped [...]

Name: Jacqueline
Age: 27
City and State: Pacific, Washington
What motivated you to get your GED? The thing that has motivated me to get my GED are my three kids. They are my life, and I want to give them a better life then I had.
How have your friends and family helped you? My friends and family are [...]

Name: Tameka
Age: 21
City and State: Newport News, VA
What motivated you to get your GED? I want to join the military and serve my country.
How have your friends and family helped you? They really haven’t. I’ve motivated myself.
What problems have you faced? I am an eighth grade drop-out. Not ’cause I didnt want to go to [...]

Name: Anthony
Age: 21
City and State: Orlando, Florida
What motivated you to get your GED? My motivation comes from my girlfriend, Jacqueline. We’ve had a long distance relationship for about a year now. She has been doing all she can to get me to California to live with her, but money is always a problem. I’ve never [...]

Name: Bionca
City and State: Kannapolis, NC
What motivated you to get your GED? I realized that I want to prove everyone wrong who has put me down in my life. I want to prove that I’m smart, bright, and capable of getting my GED.
How have your friends and family helped you? My mother and my niece [...]

Name: Rhonda
Age: 38
What motivated you to get your GED? Life is hard. You need more than a GED, you need a college degree. I have been out of school for 21 years, a very long time, and I have tried several times to go back to school, but something has always stopped me. Now I’m [...]

Name: Ty
I am 37 years old, and I just passed my GED test the first time I took it. I knew it wouldn’t be easy; it’s been almost 20 years since I didn’t graduate. I purchased access to passged.com and studied for about 2 months. This system WORKS.
Throughout my career as an adult, I have [...]

Name: Kaci
What motivated you to get your GED? Ms. Lein’s story has hit home with me. I’m also married to an alcoholic, violent spouse. I have remained in this marriage, believing my options are few. I dropped out of school too many years ago to count. I’m in my fifties. We have a beautiful, intelligent [...]

Name: Jessica
Age: 20
City and State: Knoxville, TN
What motivated you to get your GED? I have a one year old daughter, and I am seven months pregnant. I realized that with the economy going downhill, I’ll need a career. In order to do that, I will need my GED.
How have your friends and family helped you? [...]

Name: Shnecker
Age: 31
City and State: Montgomery, AL
What motivated you to get your GED? I want to get it for my family and for my life.
How have your friends and family helped you? By telling me to keep trying and not to give up.
What problems have you faced? Not knowing how to read, learning how to [...]