Diana E

Denise -- as Lynda, Kara, and Tia said today -- the
GED study guides are available in regular bookstores.
Seems like we got ours at Waldenbooks. There were
four different companies publishing the
Sears-catalog-sized version last time I noticed,
priced between ten and twenty dollars. Using them and
the PBS GED programs (30 minutes each, a series on
each major subject area) you can cover everything
required on the tests. PBS stations also made
available the set of GED workbooks for about $25, but
we didn't use those. Local high schools and community
colleges -- many facilities that offers adult
education -- often provide pre-testing to check
readiness for the GED, as well as classes which help
you catch up on shaky areas. You can take all or one
or any of the subjects. The high school in the town
we came from last year offered these free of charge
for anyone eighteen or older. My first daughter wanted
her GED, to show on paper she had learned something,
and of course it is easier to find work and enter
college with a high school or equivalent certificate.
The GED book was very thorough, and she didn't have to
spend much time with it. She started working at age
16, did a lot of reading and letter-writing, sewing,
brief classes and various community activities. I
taped the PBS programs for her while she was at work
and she watched them when she had time. She pre-tested
to feel confident she was ready and soon after her
18th birthday took her GED test, passing with a pretty
good score the first time. The test is in something
like five sections. If you don't pass them all you
can retake the sections you need. At that time, there
was no limit on how many times you could take each
section. The community college she attended gave a
scholarship for the higher GED scores.

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