GED Question

[hsmomx3]

Is the GED test the same in every state or is it different?

My son took it yesterday and said it was a piece of cake and said people you would not think would be able to pass it did.

Then I had educators from out of state saying that it was a very hard test and one where a lot of studying would be required.

My son took it because the public school would not accept credit for his first two years of high school at a non accredited private school. Long story but he dropped out of public school and got his GED yesterday.

He was homeschooled prior to high school.

[Fzob]

He was homeschooled prior to high school.

That's why the test was a "piece of cake"

[mtbopfuyn]

I don’t know if it’s the same in each state but it does change constantly. I’ve heard that it’s super easy but that the reason classes are offered is because many who take it were very far behind before they dropped out.

[jdm]

Then I had educators from out of state saying that it was a very hard test and one where a lot of studying would be required.

What's their definition of "very hard"? Being able to say "Would you like fries with that?" in seven different languages?

Seriously, though, it shouldn't be that hard of a test, unless someone is a complete idiot.

[hsmomx3]

I had to laugh at my son yesterday. He said the math part was so easy that I could even pass it. When it comes to algebra and above, I am lost, I admit it. He said there really was not any algebra at all.

[hsmomx3]

As for what that person’s definition of hard was, I am not sure but she teaches special ed. kids in Michigan.

[jdm]

I’m not great at math either. In elementary school, I did best at division, though. I’m not a uniter; I’m a divider. :O)

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I dropped out not long before graduation in 1960. In 1978 I took the GED, just walked in, no prep. I was the tech center valedictorian that year. It was supposed to be a 3 day exam, I started at 9AM, turned in my last papers before 2PM. As I left, the proctor asked me not to give up so easily, go back and spend some more time. He didn’t believe me when I told him I was finished.

[jdm]

As I left, the proctor asked me not to give up so easily, go back and spend some more time.

LOL!

[hsmomx3]

We were told that the test would be from 8:30AM to 5:30PM. My son was home before 1PM!!! And we had his results within one hour after he got home yesterday. I was shocked that he passed with flying colors.

I guess I can look back and say that those years of homeschooling really did mean something and that I did not do such a bad job afterall.

[hsmomx3]

Sometimes I think they forget that intelligent people also drop out of high school and have to go back and take the GED.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

We had to wait 6 weeks for results. My boss knew I’d taken the test, told me not to get my hopes up. The day the graduates were announced in the local paper she called me and said, “I don’t see your name on the list”. I told her to look at the first name on the list, and tell me what was there, LOL
I was running her repair shop for her after her husband died, she spent half her time telling me how much smarter her kids were, than I was. I never had to listen to that crap again.

[hsmomx3]

First name on the list, huh? She was so quick to make sure your name was not on that list but failed to read the first name.

I am glad you proved her wrong!!!!!!!!

[SampleMan]

I have a bit of a reverse story. One semester in college I had too many credit hours (21) and was working full time. I went to my two hour Physics II exam totally unprepared.

Physics was a weed out course and the curve mandated 50% failure, but I needed a “C” or better for my scholarship. An average “A” comprised 9 of 20 answers being correct, with a “C” around “5-6”. It was multiple choice.

Well within three minutes it was obvious to me that there was no point in spending two hours there when I could be home studying, so I filled it out hoping for a statistical miracle anomaly and after fifteen minutes I put on my most arrogant look, walked up with a smile and handed it in.

Unfortunately, this story does not have a happy ending. I took Physics II during the Summer.

[Kevmo]

Here’s a thread I started a couple of years ago.

High School Equivalency Exam
World Wide Web Links | 1/6/05 | Kevin O’Malley
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1315730/posts

Posted on 01/06/2005 7:58:45 PM PST by Kevin OMalley

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

You nailed that! Nice one.

[Jeff Chandler]

Our homeschooled daughter asked to take it before what would have been her senior year. I did a little research and bought her Cracking the GED, a test prep book, just so she would go into the test with an idea of the procedures. She aced the test. She said it was easy.

I liked the book, BTW, and recommend it.

[endthematrix]

I have twelve kids. They call me a multiplier...

j/k

[gardengirl]

I knew I liked you for more than your awesome pics! LOL

I quit at the end of my jr year, had to wait til the following spring to take the GED because I wasn’t old enough. All I had to take sr year was Eng. and I couldn’t see wasting a whole year on one stupid class. I finished the GED in about the same time you did, with similiar results. Not so good on the math, but everything else was great. There were people still working on the first part when I handed my completed test in. They wanted me to come back in the fall for the awards ceremony. Thanks, but no thanks. :)

[gardengirl]

I’m jealous! Always wanted 10 but finances and reality slapped me upside the head—hard! Besides, #2 son was colicky, never slept, screamed all the time. This kid never slept overnight until he was over 2 years old. Think four hours out of 24, in half hour increments. One more like him would have killed me! LOL