I Am GED

06/23/2020

One of the greats of comedy, Red Skelton, was coached by his wife to earn his High School Equivalency, now GED. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Skelton

Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American comedy entertainer. He was best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...

06/17/2020

Black Lives Matter. Not a happy ending to every story.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-law?fbclid=IwAR0PPwN7V6osV18wtwPn3vfTa4gmCe9OM3dSgojEtjSIndOFRtd6XMDtuxE

Kalief Browder was accused of taking a backpack. The courts took the next three years of his life.

06/17/2020

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-law?fbclid=IwAR0PPwN7V6osV18wtwPn3vfTa4gmCe9OM3dSgojEtjSIndOFRtd6XMDtuxE

05/28/2020

Mary Daly, PhD, dropped out of high school, read the rest. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/us/politics/mary-daly-san-francisco-fed.html

Mary Daly, the head of research at the San Francisco Fed, will take over as the bank’s president on Oct. 1.

04/20/2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/18/denied-diploma-april-dunn-made-sure-other-students-with-disabilities-had-options-she-died-covid-19/?fbclid=IwAR31J8DnBRg4-y0I-6J7l4gsAJ3IcJ2gzQIH3wBH7SEfjevdnry2tAAxw1Y&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Dunn, who was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and cerebral palsy, championed equal rights for society’s most marginalized and was the driving force behind a bill to provide alternative graduation paths for students with disabilities. "To put it simply," a colleague said, "she’s the most determi...

04/04/2020

https://www.cfr.org/blog/after-pandemic-can-united-states-finally-retool-twenty-first-century

04/04/2020

https://madison365.com/during-coronavirus-pandemic-omega-school-uses-virtual-technology-to-help-students-get-their-ged-hseds/

While Omega School is technically closed due to COVID-19 until authorities allow it to reopen, the work that they do - helping adults prepare for and obtain a GED/HSED credential and education - is only ramping up. “Not too much has changed here. We’re connecting with students, we’re getting s...

10/22/2019

GED in today's news: https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiemh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNlbWlub2xlc3RhdGUuZWR1L25ld3Nyb29tL2FydGljbGUvNjA3MS9hbHVtbmktcHJvZmlsZS1hbHVtbnVzLWZvdW5kLXJlbmV3ZWQtbG92ZS1mb3ItZWR1Y2F0aW9uLWluLWdlZC1wcm9ncmFt0gEA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

04/18/2019

Brandi Carlile dropped out of high school to follow her passion. GED or no, a person can be a huge success. Here's a song that you are bound to respect if not love.

01/28/2019

Walt Disney attended McKinley High School in Chicago, where he took drawing and photography classes and was a contributing cartoonist for the school paper. At night, he took courses at the Art Institute of Chicago. When Disney was 16, he dropped out of school to join the Army but was rejected for being underage. Instead, he joined the Red Cross and was sent to France for a year to drive an ambulance. He moved back to the U.S. in 1919.

12/14/2018

Mary Daly, a US Fed Chief, earned her GED and her PhD.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/san-francisco-fed-chief-mary-daly-on-the-virtuous-cycle-of-economics

12/14/2018

Read about another highly successful GED grad, Mary Daly.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/us/politics/mary-daly-san-francisco-fed.html

Mary Daly, the head of research at the San Francisco Fed, will take over as the bank’s president on Oct. 1.

12/14/2018

Mary Daly, of the US Fed in SF, got her GED, then her PhD. Watch on PBS. Or read about her in the New York Times. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/how-the-federal-reserve-works

The Federal Reserve oversees three things: the nation's payment system, bank regulation and monetary policy.

02/06/2018

Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's, earned his GED. https://www.wendys.com/en-us/about-wendys/daves-legacy

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01/17/2018

https://www.seedsofliteracy.org/5-ways-to-motivate-adult-learners/

Adult learners feeling discouraged? Try these tips to light their fire.

01/16/2018

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/why-the-number-ged-test-takers-declining-texas/05FrOLri93sB5ljXj8BRuI/

The high testing fee and rigor of the test has contributed to the decline of GED test takers in Texas.

09/06/2017

Here's a cool web site about GED grads! http://shortyawards.com/9th/ged-grad-day

The Shorty Awards honor the best content creators and producers on social media: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, Snapchat, Vine and the rest of the digital world.

06/08/2017

Going to start looking for some posts from folks who've earned their GED as we want to hear their stories!