GED Stories

Crystal Being homeless and on social services is what made me realize that I need to get my GED. My family and friends have encouraged me to get it. Then I can improve my family’s life, as well as my own. We’ve been homeless and living on social services. I’m dying to get my life [...]

T’Yanna – 19 My motivation for getting my GED came when I had my daughter at 18. Before having my daughter, I was a high school drop out and working a dead end job at McDonald’s. That’s not the future I wanted for me and my daughter, so I knew it was time to stop [...]

Samantha from Mississippi – 19 I have a six month old daughter. My family helps me with my baby and motivates me, but I have problems with math and science. I need my GED so I can have a good future.

Name: Mary Age: 50 City and State: Manchester, NH What motivated you to get your GED degree? I need to get a job, but I don’t have a GED. It will help me get a good job. How have your friends and family helped you? They told me to get my GED now, so I [...]

Name: Michelle Age: 24 City and State: Council Bluffs, IA What motivated you to get your GED degree? Because I wanted to better my life, go to college, and get a better paying job. How have your friends and family helped you? No, I decided to do it on my own. What do you hope [...]

Name: Libby Age: 16 City and State: Georgia What motivated you to get your GED degree? Well actually, I haven’t received my GED or even started taking classes yet, but one day I decided that high school just wasn’t for me. I made all A’s, was in national honor society, FFA, and oasis, but yet [...]

Name: Dana Age: 34 City and State: Janesville, WI What motivated you to get your GED degree? I want to go to school to better myself, but I can’t because I haven’t been in school since 1994. I’m scared to death that I won’t be able to remember anything. I have a fear that I [...]

Name: Victoria Age: 18 What motivated you to get your GED degree? I enrolled into an online school. They claimed to be accredited but I knew something was wrong when I searched them on the internet, and they weren’t listed on any of the websites they said recognized them as “accredited.” At that second I [...]

Name: Angela Age: 29 What motivated you to get your GED degree? I have been studying, and have never given up on my dream of getting the GED. Every year I try again and again. I realized that I need to be motivated and finish this time as my 30th birthday is coming up. I [...]

Name: Anceo Age: 25 City and State: Montgomery, AL What motivated you to get your GED degree? I want more out of life than what is just handed to me.  Also, my family and kids are a big plus. How have your friends and family helped you? Yes, I get a lot of help. You [...]