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Hey, all. I know fractions is a big problem for the GED. Here’s another problem: word problems! The GED is full of ‘em. That’s cuz the GED wants to know if you can solve problems you might run across in life. I know word problems don’t always seem like real life, but they’re tryin’ to [...]
Posted on 4 January 2009 | 9:34 am
Name: Becky
Age: 41
City and State: Clinton, Wisconsin
I was doing my GED online, then I quit about three months ago… things just got too hectic but now I’m back and ready to start again. This time I’m going to start with my hardert subject, which would be math. Last time I started with the easiest [...]
Posted on 4 January 2009 | 8:59 am
Convert metric units to customary U.S. measurements, and vice versa, with handy web tools:
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html
http://www.metric-conversions.org/
Posted on 31 December 2008 | 5:44 pm
Hey, everyone! How’s the GED studying going? Here’s something interesting in the news that I think is good for GED social studies. It really raised a lot of questions with me! It’s the journalist in Iraq who threw his shoes at President Bush.
Here’s an article about what happened on the BBC, “Iraqi shoe-thrower ‘was beaten.” [...]
Posted on 19 December 2008 | 9:16 am
Vic wrote:
Well Good advice. But still unable to get Idea or moving to start to write essay I am worried to take my test on January 15th . and I need to start or just giving up. I did try reading every day for one month and copying others. Or, what was the other word [...]
Posted on 10 December 2008 | 8:10 am
Hey, dudes. I’m, like, totally bummed. Here’s the thing. It’s like you can’t trust anything you read about science! I wrote a while ago about this Dancing Dinosaurs article, where some scientists found a bunch of dinosaur footprints all in one place, and even, like, a dinosaur tail track! Kewl!!! I dig dinosaurs, y’know?!
Well, the [...]
Posted on 4 December 2008 | 9:38 am
Hi everyone! I got a comment from Carlo with a good question. He asks:
How do you figure out Business Documents on the GED Reading Test?
One of the parts of the GED reading test is on Workplace and Community Documents. There will probably be 2 nonfiction readings on a full-length GED reading test, and they’ll either [...]
Posted on 3 December 2008 | 12:14 pm
Research indicates that inmates who earn a GED in prison are less likely to be re-incarcerated for crimes in the future. As correctional facilities search for solutions to implement low-cost, effective GED programs, technology provides new options.
A recent study, “The Effect of Earning a GED on Recidivism Rates,” shows that inmates who earned their GED [...]
Posted on 17 November 2008 | 8:30 am
From a successful country music singer, to prison inmates, people all over the U.S. are earning their GEDs….
Country Singer Gretchen Wilson Earns GED
Gretchen Wilson, whose first single “Redneck Woman” was released in 2004, has earned her GED after being out of school for twenty years. Read her story.
Esmeralda Gonzalez Highlights GED Learning in Prisons
21-year-old Esmeralda [...]
Posted on 17 November 2008 | 8:17 am
Well, I got thrown for a loop. I found out from my doctor I have something called Celiac Disease. It means my intestines are all messed up. Basically, I can’t eat any wheat, rye, barley, or oats, not even a little bit. I can’t digest it right, I guess.
Now, I’m a single guy, and you [...]
Posted on 1 November 2007 | 12:53 pm
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