GED Stories

Name: Destiny
Age: 17
City and State: Tulsa, OK
What motivated you to get your GED? I realized when I first dropped out of school that I used to like it. I don’t really like it now, though. However, I want to go back for my family. They really motivate me, and I love them.
How have your friends [...]

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: Nadia

Age: 16

City and State: Buffalo, NY
What motivated you to get your GED? I decided to work on getting my GED because I’m home schooled, and I want to work on getting ahead in life. In regular schools there is always so much drama, it made it hard for me to concentrate on what really [...]

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: Shyria
City and State: Mcdonough, GA
What motivated you to get your GED? What made me realize it is that I want a better life for myself, my aunt, and my mom.
How have your friends and family helped you? By telling me that I can do it, even if I didn’t finish high school.
What problems have [...]

Name: Nina
Age: 17
State: Rhode Island
What motivated you to get your GED? I dropped out of school at the age 16 as a freshman. I stood home all day doing nothing. I didn’t even want to work. One day I woke up and I told myself this isn’t what I wanted. I wanted to have BIG [...]

I hope you’re all doing well with your studies, and staying focused on success. Each one of us studying for the GED exam share a common bond, we all have intense determination, fierce pride, and the unquestionable ability to accomplish our goals.
I can relate to how desperately everyone wants to succeed, and how passionately everyone [...]

Name:      Serenity
Age:      19
City and State:     Springfield, MA
I had studied off and on with your programs for a few months, until I thought I was ready. Then I went and booked the test. I tried my best to study during the busy months, and when the time came I definitely felt more confident [...]

Name:      Kayla
City and State:     Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I am, in my eyes, an intelligent black female with dozens of dreams and goals I desire to reach. This journey has been long and tedious, at times I was terrified and embarrassed for not graduating High School. My sister and I were in the same grade and [...]

Name:      Lynn
City and State:     Cincinnati, Ohio
Well, I’ve been trying for my GED for the past year and I’m getting a little frustrated because I can’t get the math part of it.