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Has anyone found it necessary to have a child take the GED Test?
Maybe to get into college, satisfy state regulation, employer, or
nervous relatives? :)

When I first checked into it and read that you only have to score a
45 out of a possible 80 on each of the five tests I thought ... this
should be easy!! But after looking at a book with very thorough
practice tests and answers I'm not so sure it would be that easy
(without many hours of teaching to the test anyway) but then I find
myself wondering What's the point? This stuff looks good on paper,
but who really cares!!! I don't see a lot of real life questions
there.

But then again I say to myself, this is a minimum knowledge
base....shouldn't my kids at least have that?

Any thoughts?

Thanks
Alyssa

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In a message dated 3/23/02 7:32:31 PM, alldone992000@... writes:

<< Has anyone found it necessary to have a child take the GED Test?
Maybe to get into college, satisfy state regulation, employer, or
nervous relatives? :) >>

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In a message dated 3/23/02 7:32:31 PM, alldone992000@... writes:

<< Has anyone found it necessary to have a child take the GED Test?
Maybe to get into college, satisfy state regulation, employer, or
nervous relatives? :) >>

I have heard from several sources that if a child is college-bound, the GED
is a bad idea. Too much stigma attached.

Paula

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In a message dated 3/23/02 8:54:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, sjogy@...
writes:


> I have heard from several sources that if a child is college-bound, the GED
> is a bad idea. Too much stigma attached.
>

I think this is true for universities and four-year colleges but getting a
GED in order to enter some community colleges is fine. By the time you have
your Associate Degree and move on to a four-year college or university, how
you got there is pretty much forgotten. Some folks are able to get into
community colleges without a GED and that is probably the preferred route, if
possible.

A friend of mine organized a Homeschoolers College Night a couple years ago
held in the conference rooms of our public library. She invited reps from
various colleges in the area, community and four-year, as well as military
recruiters and tech school reps. They were more than happy to come and
present their sales pitches <g> and answer all the many questions
homeschooling parents had regarding getting their kids into area colleges.
It was informative and really rather easy to coordinate.

~Ginny


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