GED Stories

Anna I’m married with 3 kids, and my oldest daughter is going to graduate this year! I’m a very proud mother to see my daughter achieve her goals. I just wish I could have been more of a help to her. My husband does everything to help my daughter learn. I want to be more [...]

Zioniah from Ft. Lauderdale, FL – 28 The main thing that motivated me to get my GED is thinking to myself, “Don’t give up. Keep on going.” My family knows I am determined. They are the ones who inspire me to keep going, especially my parents, sister-in-law, Grandma Freeman, and my 2nd mom, Mom Tee, [...]

Ian from Ellsworth – 39 I became unemployed due to a work place injury. I was unable to keep up with the demands of the construction company I worked for. I could not get a transcript from the UK in time to start the next semester of college, but I could sit for my GED. My friends [...]

KM from Indiana – 28 After quitting high school, all I wanted to do was have fun and not worry about my future. I was really lazy and bored with life. However, one day it hit me like I always knew it would. After 10 years of really doing nothing with my life, I made the best [...]

Tiffany from South Carolina – 16 I got into a lot of trouble at school, and I finally hit rock bottom and got expelled from high school.  I was taking sophomore classes, but I was in the computer system as a repeating freshmen, so if I go back to school next year after my expulsion [...]

Michael from Fairfield – 51 I have been wanting to get my High School diploma, since I left school at age 16.  My wife was the wind beneath my wings.  She convinced me that I could do this.  Completing my GED has given me a great sense of satisfaction and has really improved my self [...]

Krissy from Louisiana Getting the job that I want would require a college degree, and I’m so passionate about my dreams and goals that I knew I had to get on the right path.   My friends and I have talked about retirement at an early age, and I want to retire by the time [...]

Casey The school I was going to pretty much threw me aside as the administration and I did not see eye to eye. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, and I wanted to show her that I was going to make someone out of myself. I did it with full grades. When I took my [...]

Emilyn – 18 Everyone’s Story is different. Here’s mine: I was 17 years of age holding two jobs. I started dating this guy, and things took a turn for the worst. I moved out of my home and in with my boyfriend and so called best friends. Everything was great at first, but I started missing [...]

Krissy from Louisiana – 26 I want more in life. I don’t want it to pass my by when I have a chance now. I plan to retire in my 50s. I have friends who encourage me to be all I can. I have to take crap from a low paying job, because I don’t [...]