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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: tubes on July 17, 2007, 06:16:54 PM
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For the past several months I have been studying to take the GED test. I'm not sure what GED stands for but it is basically an equivalent of a High School Diploma. Anyways, I started taking the pretests on June 19th and I will finish the last 2 pretests July 31st.
There is Math (2 parts), Science, Social Studies, Language Arts Reading, Language Arts Writing with Essay. So far I have done the Science, Social Studies and Lang. Arts Reading. I will have to finish the rest of the pretest on the 31st.
To pass the pretests they take all your scores and average 'em out, your average has to be 450 or higher to pass. With the 3 pretests I have taken my average score so far is 608. ;) The only thing I'm scared of is writing the essay. If I wasn't so scared or had more self confidence I would of taken that part today. (sigh) :-[
If I pass the rest of the tests on the 31st, then in August I can take the GED Test. So that will be exciting to get that over with. Also I was told if I get a high enough score I would be eligable for a grant to go to Barton County Community College. :yahoo;
Well thats what I've been working on lately. I'll keep ya posted as I progress.
Hope I didn't bore anyone with all that....I've just been really excited and wanted to share. :bandance;
Later,
Robert
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:clap; Robert I am so proud of you and your work towards getting your GED. I have a question for you. Has there been any practice essays for you to write? I wish you luck and I am sure that you will do wonderful. :boxing; 608 is a very good score so far...Congratulations. :2thumbsup;
Earlinda
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How exciting for you Robert.
Quite an accomplishment. We are all pulling for you so keep plugging away.
How wonderful if you can go to the Barton County Community College.
Reach for the stars.
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Roberto --
Way to go! I am so proud of you! That's a lot of work and I know you will do well on the essay. I think studying proofreading skills helps with part of it.
GED means General Educational Development. The GED exams measure your knowledge and skills in certain academic fields that are generally learned in high school.
Keep at it - I hope that grant comes through!
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Well done Robert! That's awesome. You'll pass! :2thumbsup;
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Yeah for your GED. Good luck!
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Go for it! :thumbup;
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I took the GED some years ago and I know that with a pre score of 608 you should have no problem. Good Luck.
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Good for you Tubes. Hope all goes well. Remember though No one likes a smart asz. :lol;
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This high school teacher is mighty proud of you. GO FOR IT!!!!!
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Go, Tubes, Go! You can do the essay part - you just need to take a deep breath, organize your thoughts, and write 'em down. You'll do great!
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Remember....
A good introductory paragraph with a good thesis statement. Tell what you will talk about. Turn the question into part of your answer.
Then knock 'em dead with three well developed paragraphs about the topic.
Then kill it with a good conclusion that says what you just wrote about.
Essay writing is easy. (Says the teacher.)
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I am so proud of you! What an accomplishment! My brother got his GED in his early 30"s and now he is an engineer with a large corporation who sends him around the world because of his ability to invent. It would be so easy NOT to do this - you aren't taking the easy way out -- Good for you!
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Hey little buddy, you can do this dude, what better to write about than dialysis, maybe after the teacher reads all that you have to go through she will pass you with flying colors :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Orrrrrrrrrr, you can write about some of our phone conversations and how you are keeping all my freaken socks :P :o 8)
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Hey little buddy, you can do this dude, what better to write about than dialysis, maybe after the teacher reads all that you have to go through she will pass you with flying colors :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Orrrrrrrrrr, you can write about some of our phone conversations and how you are keeping all my freaken socks :P :o 8)
Goofinina I'm intruiged, why are you giving Tubes your socks and what does he want them for anyway? Has he no socks of his own?!!! :o
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Hey little buddy, you can do this dude, what better to write about than dialysis, maybe after the teacher reads all that you have to go through she will pass you with flying colors :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Orrrrrrrrrr, you can write about some of our phone conversations and how you are keeping all my freaken socks :P :o 8)
Goofinina I'm intruiged, why are you giving Tubes your socks and what does he want them for anyway? Has he no socks of his own?!!! :o
Oh yes, he has socks (MINE) :urcrazy; lol, it's just a joke that started over his answering machine that escalated into what i think is now a fetish, lol, but it's all in good "clean" fun (or is it) ::) ;)
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Hubby did his GED a few years ago (about 10). Guess who his teacher was . Me!!! I taught the GED program nighttime for a couple of years. Told people only time he ever got to sleep with his teacher lol. Works a little different here with the testing (or did then anyway). No pretests. I was basically a facilitator. I had nothing to do with the testing that was done by another person. He passed anyway. Found the essay and the language part the hardest.
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:grouphug; Thank you everyone. :grouphug;
:clap; Robert I am so proud of you and your work towards getting your GED. I have a question for you. Has there been any practice essays for you to write? I wish you luck and I am sure that you will do wonderful. :boxing; 608 is a very good score so far...Congratulations. :2thumbsup;
Earlinda
Earlinda, they do have practice essays in the GED prep book. I just haven't gotten around to 'em. I know, shame on me, I'll get around to it soon. ;)
Good for you Tubes. Hope all goes well. Remember though No one likes a smart asz. :lol;
Hey Sluff, ur telling that to the wrong guy...LOL...Susie knows, I have the smartest azz around. >:D
Remember....
A good introductory paragraph with a good thesis statement. Tell what you will talk about. Turn the question into part of your answer.
Then knock 'em dead with three well developed paragraphs about the topic.
Then kill it with a good conclusion that says what you just wrote about.
Essay writing is easy. (Says the teacher.)
Thanks Kit, I'll remember that, but I'm still sure I will bomb the essay. I just hope I won't have to write 5 paragraphs. Introductory, Body and Conclusion.....3 is all I think I can handle. I'll make all of the teachers on here PROUD!
Hey little buddy, you can do this dude, what better to write about than dialysis, maybe after the teacher reads all that you have to go through she will pass you with flying colors :thumbup; :thumbup; :thumbup; Orrrrrrrrrr, you can write about some of our phone conversations and how you are keeping all my freaken socks :P :o 8)
Goofinina I'm intruiged, why are you giving Tubes your socks and what does he want them for anyway? Has he no socks of his own?!!! :o
Oh yes, he has socks (MINE) :urcrazy; lol, it's just a joke that started over his answering machine that escalated into what i think is now a fetish, lol, but it's all in good "clean" fun (or is it) ::) ;)
Yes, my answering machine, whick says, "leave me something". So Susie started leaving me her socks, now I'm just waiting for the outfit to match. :rofl;
Again, Thank you everyone, it means alot to me knowing ur all behind me. I can sure use the support, my confidence is a bit lacking.
Much Love 4 U All,
Robert :grouphug; :beer1; :grouphug;
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Great work robert. Well done! :2thumbsup;
Keep up the good work!
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Good for you Tubes. Hope all goes well. Remember though No one likes a smart asz. :lol;
Hey Sluff, ur telling that to the wrong guy...LOL...Susie knows, I have the smartest azz around. >:D
I can vouch for him here, Tubes sure does have a smart azz, (it's the rest of him i am worried about) ::) O0 :rofl;
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Hey Robert - Good luck with finishing your pre-test tomorrow!!!! You will do great! Let us know how it went.
:bandance; :bandance; :bestwishes;
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For the past several months I have been studying to take the GED test. Well thats what I've been working on lately. I'll keep ya posted as I progress.
Hope I didn't bore anyone with all that....I've just been really excited and wanted to share. :bandance;
Later,
Robert
Good luck! I am going to tell you all something I never tell anyone, not many people know this. I quit HS in tenth grade.
I had a lot of problems in school, I failed a math course and a gym class so the school was going to leave me behind a grade. I would have had to take 2 of each class if they promoted me and that wasn't possible. Nobody at the school even tried to take my side or help me, I was an A-B student in everything else. I had taken biology, literature, world history and some other BS classes like shop and cooking. I did Shakespeare plays and dissected a feral pig in biology, I knew history inside and out. BUT I refused to be left behind! I fought with the guidance counselor-he was basically useless. :urcrazy; Some of the jocks I knew who excelled on the sports field had horrible grades yet they passed. It was so unfair but since then I learned that life isn't fair
and you just have to play the game the best you can. So I went to work at different jobs. Nobody ever knew how little schooling I had, I always put down I graduated and I guess they didn't bother to check. I know grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, etc so I did good on my jobs. Sometimes I think about what may have happened if I did stay in school, if we only know then what we know now, right? I had one sympathetic teacher who taught GED classes and she set me up with them at night school. I just couldn't pass the math part.
So here I am at 45 with no HS diploma. Maybe I'll try the tests again when it's time.
Robert, you've inspired me to try again!
Donna :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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Aww Donna, that took alot to admit that and i admire you for doing that... YOU GO GIRL!!! :yahoo; You can do this, you have the best group of supporters here cheering you on :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
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Aww Donna, that took alot to admit that and i admire you for doing that... YOU GO GIRL!!! :yahoo; You can do this, you have the best group of supporters here cheering you on :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
Thank you! That really means a lot to me for you to say that. I'm going to find out when Bergen County, NJ has it's testing done and hopefully I can do it. I know the math will kill me though. >:( Masybe I can get some kind of tutor or someone to help me.
Thanks
Donna
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Here to cheer u on and you will pass the GED test.
The secret to do well on Math portion is practice and break down the problem 1 step at a time.
Good luck.
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Aww Donna, that took alot to admit that and i admire you for doing that... YOU GO GIRL!!! :yahoo; You can do this, you have the best group of supporters here cheering you on :bandance; :bandance; :bandance;
Thank you! That really means a lot to me for you to say that. I'm going to find out when Bergen County, NJ has it's testing done and hopefully I can do it. I know the math will kill me though. >:( Masybe I can get some kind of tutor or someone to help me.
Thanks
Donna
You know Donna, there are always college students (and even some high school students) that are always looking to make a few dollars, check the adds in the paper to see if there are any tutors in your area, :2thumbsup; I am so excited for you, :bandance; :bandance;
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Hey Donna, thank you for sharing. That must of been hard to admit. I understand about the math, it's my worst subjest but still it is my favorite subjest too. "Go figure"
Well folks, I didn't finish up the pretests Tuesday. I didn't get any studying in last weekend. I still need to work on geometry. Instead of studying I was out jetskiing. :P :bandance; :P But I rescheduled and I'm going in next Tuesday.
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Hey Donna, thank you for sharing. That must of been hard to admit. I understand about the math, it's my worst subjest but still it is my favorite subjest too. "Go figure"
Well folks, I didn't finish up the pretests Tuesday. I didn't get any studying in last weekend. I still need to work on geometry. Instead of studying I was out jetskiing. :P :bandance; :P But I rescheduled and I'm going in next Tuesday.
Gotta take a break once in awhile. :thumbup;
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Ok, I finally finished the pretesting this past Tuesday. Pasted it all, above average. On the 23rd I start the real testing.
Kit....on the essay, they score it a 1-4, and I got a 3. My topic was; "A successful person in your life". I chose to write about my mom. It turned out well for not writing something like that in about 10 yrs.
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Well done Robert!! Keep it up! :clap;
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:bandance; Good job RobertO, keep up the great work :2thumbsup;
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Great work. :2thumbsup;
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Awesome, way to go!!!! :bandance; :yahoo;
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I'm Done! ! !
:bandance; :yahoo; :beer1; :yahoo; :bandance;P A S S E D :bandance; :yahoo; :beer1; :yahoo; :bandance;
Next week I will find out my score. Then at the end of the school yr. I will get my cap and gown and graduate with the whole class!
Next.....College.....
I just want to thank everyone for the support.. :thx;...It means a whole Lot to me! :grouphug;
Much Love 4 u ALL,
Robert
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We are all so proud of you! Congratulations on a job well done! Another reason to party in Vegas :clap; Seriously, I know it was a hard thing to do--and you did it well :yahoo;
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:yahoo; I knew you could do it little buddy, you make me (us) all so proud :2thumbsup; Keep up the great work ok :beer1;
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Yay!! :yahoo;
Onward and upward ;)
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Congratulaltions Tubes!!!! :clap; :clap;
That is just great. So proud of you.
Best wishes to you.
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:yahoo; :2thumbsup; :clap;
Well done!
Decided on a major yet?
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:yahoo; :yahoo; :clap; Wow Tubes!! Well done. That's an amazing achievement. :cuddle;
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Thats Wonderful! Well done Tubes. :clap;
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Dude! You're getting a diploma! All right!
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I'm Done! ! !
:bandance; :yahoo; :beer1; :yahoo; :bandance;P A S S E D :bandance; :yahoo; :beer1; :yahoo; :bandance;
Next week I will find out my score. Then at the end of the school yr. I will get my cap and gown and graduate with the whole class!
Next.....College.....
I just want to thank everyone for the support.. :thx;...It means a whole Lot to me! :grouphug;
Much Love 4 u ALL,
Robert
Congratulations to you! You've inspired me so much and I thank you for sharing your journey with us. :wine; :wine; :wine; :clap; :clap;
Donna
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Great Job tubes :thumbup;
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FANTASTIC JOB Buddy!! :beer1; Whatcha gonna be when you grow up anyway? :lol; A rock star? O0 :rofl;
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Just found this thread for the first time! Congrats!!! I know what a struggle school can be--I'm trying it again now that I'm older! Keep up the hard work! :boxing; :bestwishes;
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Quick update....
I had graduation on June 8 at Barton Community College. So I'm finally a High School Grad. Yippie....It was a great turnout, I had alot of my family their. There was also a celebration for people that got their citizenship papers. That was cool. So now that I'm moving to Omaha I'll probably go to UNO or the community college.
:bandance;
Robert
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:yahoo; Yaaaayyyy!! Tubes, i am proud of you!
Congrats! :clap;
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Congratulations Tubes. I bet it feels really good to have graduated and I wish yoy all the best with college.
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Congratulations!
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:bandance; :clap; :yahoo; Good for you! Congratulations! :beer1;
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Yay for tubes graduation! Congraduation! :bandance; :bandance; You must be proud of yourself!
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:yahoo; fantastic, congratulations
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in Texas GED means git er done not really it means you have a high school diploma and yeah for you
it is not an easy test write some paragraphs on a thread we will help IHD is full of teachers we love to gradehelp
Could I be any prouder?
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I screwed this up-----------it is 2:11 am--------------------you go--------------I am so proud-----------------+
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Tubes don 't know how I missed this but I did, Just want you to know how proud I am of you :-* :-* :bandance; :bandance;
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Tubes!!! This is so great. You are going to be the kind of college student every college professor wants in their class. :clap; :clap; :clap; :clap;
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Quick update....
I had graduation on June 8 at Barton Community College. So I'm finally a High School Grad. Yippie....It was a great turnout, I had alot of my family their. There was also a celebration for people that got their citizenship papers. That was cool. So now that I'm moving to Omaha I'll probably go to UNO or the community college.
:bandance;
Robert
Nice!! God Job Tubes and I know Susie is proud as well. :bow;
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Well done! :yahoo;