Posted: 4/18/2014 12:27:42 PM EDT
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There was a recent GD thread in which one of our members was defending his status as a GED holder. Based on that thread, I would like to explore the social implications which may result for those who obtain a GED rather than a High School Diploma. Please post you thoughts on the subject.
Possible Examples: (1) If you were an employer, how would you view a GED candidate? (2) If you encountered a GED holder in a social context, how would your perception of the individual be altered by that knowledge? |
Well, I be a GED graduate. 
I don't think there is any stigma attached to it. Lot's of people have "issues" when they are young and don't finish HS the standard way. Some make the effort to take the exam and be recognized for achieving the same level of education. No big deal. I'd be a lot more concerned with the college graduate that is 35 and still unable to hold a regular job. |
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Well, I be a GED graduate.
I don't think there is any stigma attached to it. Lot's of people have "issues" when they are young and don't finish HS the standard way. Some make the effort to take the exam and be recognized for achieving the same level of education. No big deal. I'd be a lot more concerned with the college graduate that is 35 and still unable to hold a regular job. You be good then? 
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I have a GED. I also have a master's degree from a private university to go along with it.
The GED never was much of a burden for me. I joined the USAF without so much as a GED, and sat for the test when I'd been in a year or so. Using the skills I learned there, and the GI Bill, I went to college until I found work in the defense industry (a summer job turned into a career). Then, no one asked about my GED. It ceased to even be an issue. Finished my bachelor's, got my master's, and I'm a manager running a department for a Fortune 500 company now. As a hiring manager, would I give someone the benefit of the doubt if they applied to an opening I was hiring for? Sure, but their work ethic, intelligence, and aptitude had better be there to make up for it. I would treat that applicant just as I would someone with only a HS diploma. |
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It depends. I know someone who dropped out, got his GED a couple months later and enrolled in college while the rest of us were still in HS. That's my story. I was in college in what would have been the end of my junior year (spring semester). However, if the highest level of education is a GED, the world can be cruel. I was a CE salesman in retail as a teenager. I stayed with the company and was promoted to assistant manager and then GM. I lost that job for a good cause, and while applying for equivalent positions, was told that I needed more education. When I applied to flip burgers, I was told my previous experience was not a good match. Life was very difficult for some time. I eventually joined the Army and used every bit of the educational benefits while active and obtained my first degree. Now I'm working on obtaining my graduate degree. Being successful in today's day in age with a GED is an anomaly. |
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I know 2 master electricians that have GEDs. One of them owns his own electrical contracting business. I would never attempt to say that those without college degrees are lesser in any way. Honestly, many of the [non-degree holding] people that I know are more competent when in comes to technology than I am.... |
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Well, I be a GED graduate.
I don't think there is any stigma attached to it. Lot's of people have "issues" when they are young and don't finish HS the standard way. Some make the effort to take the exam and be recognized for achieving the same level of education. No big deal. I'd be a lot more concerned with the college graduate that is 35 and still unable to hold a regular job. Hey now! Wasn't my fault that Kerry cancelled the invasion of Syria. I didn't graduate college 'til I was 40. Now I'm unable to hold a regular job trying to start a business.
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