Nervous to take GED after seven years out of school
“I graduated from high school in 2004, so it had been many years since I’d had a formal education or taken a test. There were certain subjects that I was still quite strong in and then there were subjects were not so fresh for me, so it showed that I had been out of school for about seven years. It was definitely a challenge getting ready for the GED. Adult Ed was really helpful, though. When I first found out from the college that I had to do either the SAT or the GED, I was scared. I had heard of the GED but wasn’t really sure what the process was and I’d heard a lot of stories about taking the SATs and how hard they were, so taking them after seven years out of school was a frightening thought. I ended up doing the GED, and it was a great experience. The people at Adult Ed were very supportive from the start and they had a lot of tools that helped me to brush up on my skills. They gave me movies to watch, websites that I could go to, books to read. I had the skills and knowledge in there somewhere; I just needed help remembering everything I’d learned years ago.”
— in Preparing for the GED required serious studying
