Anonymous Asks "What's the point of getting a GED when you're a senior?"
Dear Anonymous,
First off I'd just like you to know that you are lame for commenting anonymous and trying to start drama with me, but whatever. I'm not the drama freak that I used to be. Anyway, the point of getting my GED when I'm a senior is that I don't have any time or money. So what is the point in wasting my time in school, which I didn't really care about enough to get the grades to get into college when I could take the GED, possibly score high on, and just get it over with. Second, I'm a poor ass and if you were my friend, which you most likely aren't, you would know this. I don't have money to go to college, my mom definately doesn't have the money to put me in college. SO pretty much I have to work full time to be able to afford it even if I have financial aid. So Anonymous, I'd like to see you try to balance school and a full time job at age 16 and 17. Not too easy. So with that you can go die now. Thank you.
xoxo
miss.pissed.off.katie
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Hey there Kate,
Anonymous commenters definitely do suck, but the question doesn't, does it?
I can definitely see where you're coming from. When I was a senior in high school (which was only seven years before you were born, BTW) I went and took the GED test and passed as a just-in-case option because I was in a similar situation as you what with working a lot of hours and having no real prospects/interest for college.
Only a few months away from graduating I decided I wasn't going to. High school had become one mammoth pain in the butt and I was tired of all the garbage. So I went into my job all ready to ask to be given full-time hours (I was a stock clerk at a bookstore on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills). I had it all figured out making my minimum wage (which back then was like $3.50 an hour or something crazy like that). I was going to get an apartment and save up for a used BMW and just get going with my life.
But when I told a co-worker in his early 20s named Manuel of my plans he pulled me aside and told me he thought it was a mistake — not only because he'd done the same thing but also because it was so close to graduation. He was pretty adamant, telling me it was something I'd always think twice about and challenged me to just stick it out. Do the time. I told him I'd think about it and I realized that a few months wasn't that big a deal. So I stayed put.
Come that June I was proud to walk across the school's front lawn in my cap and gown and collect my diploma. To this day it remains one of the proudest moments of my life.
So I guess my point is you can do whatever you want to do. If you're mind's made up to go the equivalency exam route, there's nothing wrong with that. Whethere it's a GED or a diploma they're just a pieces of paper and neither come anywhere near to quantifying how smart you are.
But if there's even a little bit of doubt lingering in your mind. If there's even the slightest hesitation that you might regret not physically graduating — if it turns out to be something you want — then I say don't just ignore that. Think about what it would require to stick it out.
Love you, kiddo!
You can get a better job with a diploma~
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