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: Gissel
Age: 24
City and State: New York, NY
What motivated you to get your GED? It’s hard to get a job, but I’m young and nothing’s stoping me. I want to do it for myself, so I can finally be happy again.
How have your friends and family helped you? They haven’t, but I know I can [...]

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: Chimanga
Age: 35
City and State: Los Angeles, CA
What motivated you to get your GED? I was 17 years old, living in Los Angeles, and at the time I was hanging “with the homies” and doing nothing. Having always being an avid reader, I read some autobiographies of successful people and always dreamt of being one. [...]

Name: Sotheavy
City and State: Los Angeles, California
What motivated you to get your GED? My cousin and my family motivated me to get the GED. I am an Asian who is now living in the USA, and I want to continue my studies in college. However, I don’t have enough money for tuition. The only way [...]

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: Anthony
Age: 21
City and State: Orlando, Florida
What motivated you to get your GED? My motivation comes from my girlfriend, Jacqueline. We’ve had a long distance relationship for about a year now. She has been doing all she can to get me to California to live with her, but money is always a problem. I’ve never [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]