GED Stories

Alyssa from Detroit, MI — 24 I have a four-year-old daughter, but I’ve been going back in forth in programs to strive to achieve my dreams. I’m never giving up. My family has always motivated me. When I dropped out of high school, my grandparents did their best with me, but it was just all [...]

Crystal Being homeless and on social services is what made me realize that I need to get my GED. My family and friends have encouraged me to get it. Then I can improve my family’s life, as well as my own. We’ve been homeless and living on social services. I’m dying to get my life [...]

Name: Michelle Age: 24 City and State: Council Bluffs, IA What motivated you to get your GED degree? Because I wanted to better my life, go to college, and get a better paying job. How have your friends and family helped you? No, I decided to do it on my own. What do you hope [...]

Name: Victoria Age: 18 What motivated you to get your GED degree? I enrolled into an online school. They claimed to be accredited but I knew something was wrong when I searched them on the internet, and they weren’t listed on any of the websites they said recognized them as “accredited.” At that second I [...]

Name: Angela Age: 29 What motivated you to get your GED degree? I have been studying, and have never given up on my dream of getting the GED. Every year I try again and again. I realized that I need to be motivated and finish this time as my 30th birthday is coming up. I [...]

Name: Jasmine Age: 23 City and State: Baltimore, MD What motivated you to get your GED degree? I have been through a lot, and I need a new start. I have three kids that need to learn from a responsible adult. I feel like if I set a good example for them now, they will [...]

Name: Jennifer What motivated you to get your GED degree? To go to college. I was a slower child, and now that I’m an adult, I need to get it done so I can go to college. I have to pass two subjects: reading and writing. How have your friends and family helped you? That [...]

Name: Silvia Age: 17 City and State: Greenville, SC What motivated you to get your GED degree? I realize that it’s important to have an education. My family moved a lot because off my father’s jobs. We moved a lot, and that affected my years in school. So I was forced to get a GED [...]

Name: Leksi Age: 17 City and State: New York What motivated you to get your GED degree? I am motivated to get my GED because I want a better future for myself and future children. I don’t want to struggle like my parents did. I want to be content in life. How have your friends [...]

Name: Dwight Age: 34 City and State: Canton, MI What motivated you to get your GED degree? Well, I’m tired of my life. I’m a father of three kids, and I think that I need to do something better for myself and my family and our future. I realized that I needed the tools to [...]