GED Stories

Name: Theresa
Age: 21
City and State: Windsor CT

What motivated you to get your GED? I wanted to go back to school and get a good career. (more…)

Name: Brittany

What motivated you to get your GED? You need it to get by in this world. Everything you do in life requires a HS diploma or GED. Also my son, he means the world to me. I have to have a better life for him. (more…)

Name: Sandra
Age: 52
City and State: Middletown, N.Y.

What motivated you to get your GED? I have been trying so hard to get my GED. It would open so many doors of opportunity if I had one. I am getting older, and before I leave my family someday, I want them to see that I never gave up. (more…)

Name: Edward
Age: 17
City and State: Kansas City, Missouri

What motivated you to get your GED? Well, what motivated me to get my GED is people, because I see people always talking about it and always making me think about it because it seems to me like if they were to be talking about me, let’s say I feel like a nobody and I don’t want to be that person. I want to be the person people look up to. I want to be known as a SUCCESSFUL person. (more…)

Name: Andrew
Age: 17
City and State: Las Vegas, Nevada

What motivated you to get your GED? I dropped out of high school at the end of tenth grade, but you could say I dropped out the first day of the ninth grade. I didn’t have the motivation or anyone to push me to do my work, I would stay up all night playing video games and go to school tired and sleep during my classes. At 14 years old, I thought my life was great, I could do what I wanted, eat what I wanted, and stay up all night… Every kid’s fantasy, right? And I was living it. My motivation to obtain the GED is simple. I was 16 years old, no job.. couldn’t find a job and was going nowhere with my life. Other than financially, I still didn’t have parental guidance. Sure, my dad would buy me things, support me and pay for anything I needed, but he never gave me the emotional and moral support that I needed. Basically it comes down to, I wanted to go to college and the GED was my ticket there. (more…)

Name: John
Age: 45
City and State: Gloucester City, NJ

What motivated you to get your GED? What motivated me to get my GED is myself! 45 years old, was laid off. I left school in the beginning of 11th, I only went to 11th grade for 2 days. (more…)

Name: Jody
Age: 32
City and State: Haughton, Louisiana

What motivated you to get your GED? Court.

How have your friends and family helped you? They’re doing it.

What problems have you faced? I don’t know, have not yet tried to get the GED.

What do you hope to gain from getting your GED? Learn more and become a cop.

Jody,

You’re just starting out… and this is the hardest time on the way to your GED. You know that you want something better in your life, but you’re not sure exactly how to get there. It’s hard to start something new. A lot of people can’t take that first step. The most important thing is to make a commitment. Get focused on what the GED means to you: better skills, better job opportunities, a better future. You have the ability to make enormous, positive changes in your life. How do you get started? Make a commitment, to yourself, your family, and your life. This is something you want, so make it your priority. Find out what’s on the tests. Contact a local testing center. Start studying! You can get your GED, and we want to help. But you’re the one responsible for making it happen. So get started!

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Name: Joshua
Age: 17

What motivated you to get your GED? Dropped out in eighth grade, was fourteen years old. Working a piss poor job. Fast food. I looked around at myself, at my coworkers, my family and friends. They were all great people but losers. Pot smokers, alchies, lower class people who were stuck in the same endless job as I. Each check was a disappointment, we were all stuck but couldn’t get out. I don’t want to struggle, I don’t want to move from fast food job to fast food job. Continuing dissatisfaction with the job caused me to put my two weeks notice in, after seven months of employment there. I am moving to a different environment, in with my father who is far away. I am going to have to get another crap job, but while up there I’d like to study in my free time, earn a GED, and do my best to pursue higher education so as to try and make something of myself. (more…)

Name: Shannon
Age: 20
City and State: Manheim, Pennsylvania

What motivated you to get your GED? I had to end high school only having a 10th grade education due to mental health problems. I got pregnant a year after that and was unable to attend school. My daughter is 8 months old, and she deserves more from me than what I’ve settled for. She changed my life. She made me believe in myself, and now I need to give her more. I want to believe in myself as much as she does. (more…)

Name: Lavette
Age: 16
City and State: Baltimore, MD

What motivated you to get your GED? Well, because I know I’m a very smart young lady, and I love school and want to learn.

What problems have you faced? I get scared in school because the other kids used to tease me about me studying, and I left.

What do you hope to gain from getting your GED? I want to be a baby doctor.

Lavette,

We’re so pleased that you want to continue your education, and go on to become a doctor. Keep your goal in mind during your journey, so you remember what you’re working toward. We always encourage younger learners to try to finish their education at their traditional high school, so be sure you’re considering all your options. If the GED is your best alternative, Maryland  has a lot of information and resources online, so check out their website: http://www.gogedgo.org/

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