GED Stories

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Archive for February, 2012

Everything Began to Crumble

Posted: Monday, February 13th, 2012 @ 8:50 am in After the GED..., College Bound!, Fear of Failure, GED Incentives, GED Students, High School Students, Self-Improvement, Staying Motivated | No Comments »

Chris from Seward, NE High school was a breeze for me until my mother got cancer. Everything began to crumble around me, and with the school being a very unsupportive environment, I began to develop a hate for it. I had been an honor roll student every quarter my freshmen and sophmore year until I [...]

Nowadays You Need an Education

Posted: Monday, February 13th, 2012 @ 8:41 am in After the GED..., Children and Families, GED Incentives, GED Math, Going Back After a Long Time, Self-Improvement, Staying Motivated, Success Stories | No Comments »

Mike - 51 After a successful career and still young enough to start another one I really needed to get my GED in order to move forward. When I started working full time at the age of 15 a strong back and a willingness to work hard was all you needed. Nowadays you need an education [...]

No Matter How Long

Posted: Sunday, February 12th, 2012 @ 11:46 am in GED Incentives, GED Students, Getting a Better Job, Self-Improvement, Staying Motivated | No Comments »

Alexandra from Eunice, LA – 21 I need my GED because I need a better job. I had to drop out of high school, but I want to go to college to make my mother happy. I want to be a nurse, and I want a better life with my GED. My family and friends [...]

I Feel Accomplished

Posted: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 @ 8:11 am in After the GED..., College Bound!, Florida GED, GED Math, GED Students, Getting a Better Job, Self-Improvement | No Comments »

YoungBlackFemale from Florida – 19 I was 21 points from passing the FCAT Reading. After I graduated with a certificate, I was devastated. I thought I was going to be stuck working a low wage job, but after school was over, I signed up for the GED. My mother motivated me. She understood what was going [...]

Nothing Stands in My Way

Posted: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 @ 7:55 am in After the GED..., GED Incentives, GED Students, Getting a Better Job, Going Back After a Long Time, Self-Improvement | No Comments »

Patrice from Kansas City, MO – 31 I dropped out of school in the 9th grade for many reasons. Mostly because no one in my family cared about my education or me. So why should I? Then I realized that nobody should care about my education more then me!! I decided to go to job corps [...]