GED Stories

?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: 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 [...]

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: 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 [...]

Name: Kathie
Age: 42
City and State: Smyrna, Tennessee
What motivated you to get your GED? Well, I am 42 and recently divorced. I have always worked but not for very high pay. My daughter is 22 and getting ready to go to college. It is almost Christmas, and I can barely give my kids Christmas this year [...]

Name: Rosameria
Age: 47
City and State: Burgaw, NC
I need my GED now. I’ve got a friend to help me. I’m just trying to get my GED… My goal is to be a strong person.
Rosameria,
It’s tough to get your GED after being out of school for a while, but let’s face it, the world has changed. A [...]

Name:      Janice
Age:      61
City and State:     Sherman, Texas
I left school the beginning of my junior year. Struggled because I did not apply myself, and then I met John and that was my way out. Needless to say, way to young and very stupid. I know how to make it, but without the GED [...]

Name:      Steven
Age:     52
City and State:     Brentwood, MD
Well, it took place in Chicago Ill, when my mother took ill and brought me here to Washington DC and then left me to take care of myself. I had fear of going to school because I was fearful of my under age, that the school [...]