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: Barbara
Age: 50
City and State: Kings Mountain, KY
What motivated you to get your GED? I want to get a better job.
How have your friends and family helped you? They say that I need it.
What problems have you faced? Everything has been a problem.
What do you hope to gain from getting your GED? I want to [...]

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: Lynsey
What motivated you to get your GED? I can’t get a job without it.
How have your friends and family helped you? My girl helped me.
What do you hope to gain from getting your GED? Bigger dreams for myself.
Lynsey,
It’s great that your girlfriend is helping you. Keep your eyes on those dreams, and you’ll have [...]

Name: Darien
Age: 22
City and State: Lexington, MS
What motivated you to get your GED? Because I finally found something that may be interesting to me, and I need my GED to do it.
How have your friends and family helped you? They don’t motivate me. They just talk about me.
What problems have you faced? I need a [...]

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: Candace
City and State: Lake Panasoffkee, FL
What motivated you to get your GED? I need to get my diploma.
How have your friends and family helped you? Nobody has helped me.
What problems have you faced? I need help with math and science.
What do you hope to gain from getting your GED? To get another job.
Candace,
Math and [...]

Name: Casey
What motivated you to get your GED? When I had my son, I thought to myself that he needs something better. People say that I can’t get a job because I never finished high school. That makes me sad and mad, so I’m going to show them all.
How have your friends and family helped [...]

Name: Jacqueline
Age: 27
City and State: Pacific, Washington
What motivated you to get your GED? The thing that has motivated me to get my GED are my three kids. They are my life, and I want to give them a better life then I had.
How have your friends and family helped you? My friends and family are [...]

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 [...]