GED Stories

Karenisha from Greenville, MS - 26 Well, as I was reading some of these stories, I felt like some of the people in them. As a mother, I wanted to be a motivation to my four little girls. I am 26-years-old, and I dropped out of school in the 12th grade. I don’t want them to do [...]

Ashanta from New Orleans, LA – 17 I was motivated to get my GED when I realized I getting kicked out of school my senior year. I didn’t want to let that stop me. I kept on going in order to show people not to give up. My family inspired me, but some of my [...]

Randy from Muncie, IN – 17 I dropped out of school my first semester of my sophomore year, because I didn’t have the right amount of credits i should have. My mom thought it would be a good idea for me to try the GED. I don’t have very much family support, but some of the [...]

Marie – 27 I realized living with my mother won’t last forever. It scares me that someday something might happen to her, and I won’t be able to get by on my own. To realize you have no friends and no life is scary, and it is even scarier to realize someday you will face [...]

Futurgirl from Hammond, IN – 20 I would like to get a higher education from college and to have a good career. My family has helped me a lot by motivating me. My dad has helped me with math. My biggest problem though has been language. English is not my first language, so I spent [...]