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, [...]

Name: Gissel
Age: 24
City and State: New York, NY
What motivated you to get your GED? It’s hard to get a job, but I’m young and nothing’s stoping me. I want to do it for myself, so I can finally be happy again.
How have your friends and family helped you? They haven’t, but I know I can [...]

Name: Urlick
Age: 34
City and State: Washington, D.C.
What motivated you to get your GED? Because I want to go to college in the near future, maintain employment, and make good money.
How have your friends and family helped you? Not much, but they know that getting my GED would open a lot of doors for me.
What problems [...]

Name: Kelsey
Age: 17
City and State: Hawaii
What motivated you to get your GED? Getting kicked out of school really woke me up. I realized that getting an education is the best thing for me to do so that I can support my brother, sister, and grandma. We’re the only people we have for eachother. I didn’t [...]

Name: Chimanga
Age: 35
City and State: Los Angeles, CA
What motivated you to get your GED? I was 17 years old, living in Los Angeles, and at the time I was hanging “with the homies” and doing nothing. Having always being an avid reader, I read some autobiographies of successful people and always dreamt of being one. [...]

Name: Sotheavy
City and State: Los Angeles, California
What motivated you to get your GED? My cousin and my family motivated me to get the GED. I am an Asian who is now living in the USA, and I want to continue my studies in college. However, I don’t have enough money for tuition. The only way [...]

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 [...]