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    Has anybody taken the GED exams recently?

    Finding information online has been an absolute nightmare. It doesn't help that I'm in a rage over some stunts my kid has pulled, but the bottom line is that he's fucked himself out of graduating from high school. His only option at this point is a GED. Okay fine. Whatever. Not ideal, but we can work with it. But before I register him for anything, I'd like to get an idea of the process and content of the exams. It turns out the various websites want you to pay money to get even minimal information. That's pretty uncool.

    So, have any of the American members here recently taken the exams? Is there any place I can find study guides so he doesn't go into the tests blind? I have no extra funds to pay for classes, and even if I did I wouldn't be inclined to spend money when he screwed himself out of a free high school education.
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    If you can, go up to a local college and see what resources they might have. I know my college holds GED classes, so yours might at the very least have some brochures or packets they can give you.
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      Do you have a College America? the one here has the "good neighbor initiative". My sister went through it. How it works is you go in, you take the GED. If you pass, congrats! you have the GED. If you fail portions of it, they offer classes and tutoring. Once they are done, you take the GED again. It's all free. If you fail the GED the second time, you have to pay for the new classes/test

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      • #4
        The GED tests I took consisted of freshman high school level reading, pre-algebra and beginning geometry, and middle-school level science. If your kid is at that level, he'll do fine.

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        • #5
          My town has an "Adult Education Program". A guy I work with got his GED though that.

          Maybe your town has a similar program. I would check the library, they usually know about all the educational programs in the area (since they help provide resources for them).
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          • #6
            The California Department of Education has a lot of info here. There's also a link on that page for information to prepare for taking the test ( California Adult Education Provider Directory).
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            • #7
              Az has a free program thru the public libraries and they have info on their websites plus the community colleges have free or almost free programs. If he gets a job at Starbucks or walmart they both have book reimbursement programs.

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              • #8
                Thanks. I'm going to look into some of these options. In good news, his school principal pulled a miracle out of her ass and got him re-enrolled. I'm not holding my breath he won't screw this last chance up again.
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                • #9
                  Even if he falls out again, there should still be options to get a traditional HS diploma.Your state might have a virtual school or an alternative program through a community college.

                  In many ways a GED is equivalent, but it does throw up barriers in a few significant places, most particularly in getting into the military. A GED limits the chance of enlistment (especially for the Air Force, Marines and Navy) and it really restricts the choice of duty if your son were to be accepted. (However, you can "cure" a GED by successfully completing 15 credit hours of community college.)

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