GED Stories

Name: Randie

Age: 17

City and State: Cocoa, FL

What motivated you to get your GED? Not being able to be proud of myself for something. I’ve realized that I’ve gone through so much in my life, and an education is one thing I’ve never accomplished. Being out of school is really getting me nowhere. With a GED, I’d get to be something and someone. I’d have the education I’ve always wanted.

How have your friends and family helped you? My best friends have guided me through pretty much everything in my life. The tell me I need to do something with my life, and get my education. They’ve really inspired me. I’ve finally been pushed to become something real.

What problems have you faced? I want to be able to learn so much more than I know now. I want to be able to get a job that fits me.

What do you hope to gain from getting your GED? I hope I can get a good job. With my GED, I’d get to live my lifetime dream of becoming a CSI, and going into the criminal justice feild. I’ll have the freedom to be so much more.

Randie,

A CSI sounds exciting! And an education is certainly the first step in getting there. But you haven’t gotten “nowhere,” and you’re already something “real” right now. Especially if you want to go into the criminal justice field, remember that it’s not only an education that makes you a good investigator, it’s also life experiences. And it sounds like you’ve had a lot of those. You can learn from everything that happens in your life. A GED and a diploma are simply pieces of paper that prove you’ve learned the particular information you’re required to know to get a particular job, but everything you learn is valuable! So feel proud already, because everything you do has value. And good luck with your GED, we know you can do it!

The GED Academy