GED Stories

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 [...]

Name: Jessica
Age: 20
City and State: Knoxville, TN
What motivated you to get your GED? I have a one year old daughter, and I am seven months pregnant. I realized that with the economy going downhill, I’ll need a career. In order to do that, I will need my GED.
How have your friends and family helped you? [...]

Name: Kimberly
Age: 23
City and State: Aylett, VA
What motivated you to get your GED? My family. I really want to better myself and try to become a nurse or work in the medical field.
How have your friends and family helped you? They are there for me. They tell me that they will help me any way [...]

Name: Blanche
Age: 35
City and State: Massillion, Ohio
What motivated you to get your GED? Well, I want to go to nursing school to be a nurse.
How have your friends and family helped you? My fiancé has encouraged me to take my GED so I can be a nurse.
What problems have you faced? I once had a [...]

Name: Tahirie
City State: Hollywood, Florida

What motivated you to get your GED? I dropped out of high school when I was young. Now that I am older and a mother, I realized that without a degree, no one can get a great job. I also want to get my GED to give my daughter a better [...]

Name: Lindsey
I decided to get my GED 16 years after leaving High School. I had gone straight from school into work, which I hated and didn’t enjoy, but I thought that was all I could do since I didn’t have a diploma. One day I decided to see if I could do something about [...]

Name: Mayra
City and State: Locust Grove, GA
What motivated you to get your GED? I had gone through a divorce and was left with nothing but my two kids. I realized that to keep my kids protected, and for them to have a good roll model, I had to show them that I can accomplish anything, [...]

Name: Daniel
City and State: Danville, Virginia
What motivated you to get your GED? I struggled a lot in school and thought I couldn’t do it any more, so I just dropped out.
How have your friends and family helped you? They want me to live a successful life.
What problems have you faced? The only problem is the [...]

Name: Debbie
Age: 53
What motivated you to get your GED? I have been doing work as a back up coordinator and am in a position to become a coordinator if I have my GED. I really like what I do.
How have your friends and family helped you? They tell me to go for it. That I [...]