| Many individuals may feel that high school is not | | | | to classes does not hurt anyone but the student |
| for them and they would prefer to get a GED | | | | and their grade. A person that is getting their GED |
| and enter the workforce early. After all, a GED | | | | misses out in this important life lesson. |
| stands for General Equivalency Diploma, meaning it | | | | Another reason a GED is not such a great option |
| is equal to the high school diploma and it takes | | | | is if the individual is going to apply for college, they |
| less work. The GED may seem like the easy way | | | | may have a difficult time. Colleges will want to |
| out for many, but the fact is a GED is not such a | | | | see the student's high school transcripts and when |
| great option. | | | | they see they dropped out and received their |
| The unfortunate thing about the GED is that it | | | | GED, they may look a little harder at their |
| does not allow you to get a full education. Yes, | | | | potential student. Will the student be able to get |
| you have to pass a test to get it, but the | | | | through the classes without dropping out? Will the |
| individual misses out on too much information that | | | | students fully apply themselves? The colleges will |
| would be taught in a high school class that is not | | | | look at this GED student closer than others. |
| on the test. Of course, the student may think | | | | While the GED will allow you to get a job and |
| that most of it is useless information, but the fact | | | | even go to college, it does not provide you with |
| is it makes you a person with a more rounded | | | | the full education you deserve. A high school |
| education. | | | | diploma requires you to complete a set of |
| The GED also does not teach you self-discipline. It | | | | courses designed to give you an education in |
| is, as stated, the easy way out, but in the end will | | | | several subject areas, as well as allowing you to |
| make things much more difficult. When you have | | | | enhance them with enrichment classes and |
| to attend classes on a daily basis and pass in | | | | extra-curricula activities. By getting your GED, |
| homework on time, it teaches you self-discipline. | | | | you're missing out on a lot of great information |
| Not passing in homework and being late or absent | | | | and experiences. |