Path to the GED
How did you decide to get your GED?
The only reason I didn’t get my actual high school diploma
was because some problems came up in my life that caused me to miss some
school. When I tried to back they said I
was behind and wanted to put me in the 10th grade. At the time, I was turning 17 and didn’t
really want to go back with a bunch of young kids to do the next few years over
again. I knew I could pass the GED
because… it just felt like it couldn’t be that hard. I’d only made it to 9th grade, but
I figured getting my GED at the time would be better than going back to get my
high school diploma. If I had done that,
I’d be in 12th grade right now at 20-years-old. In a way, it might be nice to go back and get
your high school certificate so you can have the extra advantage. But to get your GED, it’s good to have
something, and I didn’t want to do three more years of school. It didn’t seem practical.
How did you prepare to take the GED?
At first I went to this community center and they gave me pretests
of each part of the GED: the writing, the reading, all the different topics
that they have. I took practice tests on
all of them and every time I got them back, they kept being 90 or higher. They were easy. By the time I finished all the tests and the
writing essay the woman there, she told me, “You’re ready. “ Some kids when they take the practice tests
find that they need to work more before taking the GED. She just told me I was ready. There was a little concern with the writing
test. That was my low thing. But that was because I just slacked off at
that point. I knew I could have done
better, but I was trying to get out of there.
I knew I was going to write a better essay for the actual GED. I felt very comfortable on everything else.
I saw her for 2 or 3 three days and then I decided to go get
my GED. I took the tests on two days and
then the third day I got the scores back.
She scored most of the tests right away.
But for the essay, she scored me after on that. I went and did the practice tests; and once I
did that, I felt comfortable. I thought
to myself, “Man, it’s time to get my GED.”
It felt like it was going pretty good.
Did you take the GED as well? Tell us all about it!
Did you take the GED as well? Tell us all about it!
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