GED Stories

Julia from Springfield, MA – 18 I need my GED, because I never finished high school. I need to pass the GED test in order to have a career and to put my daughter in day care. My friends and family have given some help, and they share their opinions with me on how to pass the [...]

Sherri from Valdosta, GA – 41 I am so good at so many things. I love culinary arts, and I am determined to do what I’ve got to in order to go all the way! It’s time I do it because it bothers me that I don’t have a diploma. I dropped out in the 11th [...]

Alex from Newport Beach, CA – 17 I can’t sit in a high school class that moves incredibly slow for two hours. If I got my GED I could start community college and my career. The only problem is, I don’t know if I am eligible to take the GED or even go to community college. [...]

Rachel from Oregon – 16 I had tried online school my sophmore year of high school. That did not work out very well as I did not get much help with the subjects I needed help with such as math. So, I ended up flunking even though I tried really hard to understand the stuff. [...]

Pedro from Waukegan, IL – 62 I lost my job ten months ago. Now I ‘m trying to get my own business by putting a daycare in my home. That is why I need my G.E.D. Diploma. I never had the opportunity to go to school. When I was a kid, my childhood was working at [...]

Rashelle from Ballwin, MO – 24 I worked in fast food after I graduated from high school in my country. I want to get the GED to get a better job. I’ve always wanted to be a chef in a nice restaurant or on cruise ship. I’d also like to work in a hotel as [...]

JJ from Dallas, TX – 24 I decided that I needed to get my GED because I have a daughter on the way. I’ve always been a procrastinator. I couldn’t do it for myself, but I found the strength to do it for my unborn daughter. I was really inspired by my mother. I know [...]

Maarcella from Montana I’m native from Montana and would like to get a diploma or GED. I quit school to work to support myself. I want my GED because school these days is very important to me. I also need it for working. These days you have to have a diploma, even just to get [...]

Ruth Ann from Delaware Ruth Ann Minner earned her GED in Delaware in 1969. She is a grandmother, a former receptionist, and in 2001, became the 72nd governor of Delaware. Ruth Ann Minner was a widow with three sons when she took the GED test. She was working two jobs to support her family, and [...]

Cody The past several years have gone by in a blur. It seems like yesterday that I was sitting in High School preparing for my next examination, when in reality it’s been nearly five years. I had it all. I had the intelligence to make it pretty far, I had great teachers, and I had [...]