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re: What does a GED mean to you?
Posted on 5/13/17 at 10:38 pm to fareplay
Posted on 5/13/17 at 10:38 pm to fareplay
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Would you hire someone who has a GED instead of a HS degree? Even if they had the experience? I would be reluctant as they have a history of messing up.
No fricking way dude. I have a GED. I got it because schools around here are really prisons for subadults and move really fricking slow so the stupid kids dont fall behind. I got impatient, dropped out at 16, got a GED and went to UNO. I have an average IQ anywhere between 131-138. Not everybody who gets a GED is stupid or lazy. Some of us are surrounded by stupid and lazy and want to move the frick on.
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Posted on 5/13/17 at 10:40 pm to fareplay
If you ask the right questions you can learn WAY more about a person interviewing them than you can looking at their resume. Just think of all the incompetent assholes youve worked with in your lifetime that had high-ranking and/or high paying positions.
Yea.
Those guys all have impressive resumes, so there you go.
Yea.
Those guys all have impressive resumes, so there you go.
This post was edited on 5/13/17 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 5/13/17 at 10:42 pm to fareplay
There are lots of millionaires, some billionaires, who never graduated high school.
If you are in a position to hire people at this point in their lives, give them a chance if they impress you.
If you are in a position to hire people at this point in their lives, give them a chance if they impress you.
Posted on 5/13/17 at 10:50 pm to OweO
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Went to BRCC so that he could work his way into LSU. He got into LSU, he had a 4.0 GPA. Graduated from LSU, was accepted to LSU law school.. He is now an attorney. In his office, he doesn't have his law degree on the wall... He has his GED.
My kind of guy. What kind of law does he practice? I might want his contact info.
Posted on 5/13/17 at 10:53 pm to fareplay
The OP obviously isn't the hiring manager. The context of his post makes that clear. He doesn't say...I am reluctant to hire someone with a GED. He says I would be (which means, if he had control of the situation he would be reluctant).
More than likely, the OP graduated from high school and has not done much more since. That was his shining moment in life. Now his boss is hiring someone that got his GED, but runs circles around OP...an OP doesnt like it.
More than likely, the OP graduated from high school and has not done much more since. That was his shining moment in life. Now his boss is hiring someone that got his GED, but runs circles around OP...an OP doesnt like it.
This post was edited on 5/13/17 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 5/13/17 at 10:55 pm to fareplay
I have a GED. As a Senior in HS, I was left alone to take care of myself. My Mother took a job in another town and didn't want me to have to transfer for my final year of school. I screwed up. Stayed up late, didn't study, missed too many days and wound up dropping out. I went straight to work, which was exactly what I needed to do. After a year or so, I realized that I needed to get into school and get serious.
I went to the needed classes, passed the test and enrolled in college the next week. I was lucky as I was able to get into my field of choice prior to graduating college.
I'm somewhat surprised at the comments regarding the inability of someone to complete HS. There's a difference between not wanting to complete HS and not being able to because of home life or personal problems. I simply could have cared less about school at the time and needed some practical "life experience" to kick me square in the arse.
I went to the needed classes, passed the test and enrolled in college the next week. I was lucky as I was able to get into my field of choice prior to graduating college.
I'm somewhat surprised at the comments regarding the inability of someone to complete HS. There's a difference between not wanting to complete HS and not being able to because of home life or personal problems. I simply could have cared less about school at the time and needed some practical "life experience" to kick me square in the arse.
This post was edited on 5/13/17 at 10:59 pm
Posted on 5/14/17 at 12:07 am to danilo
I know a guy who joined the military early, with a GED. Got out, got his RN, and is now a FNP. If the job only requires a HS diploma I would.
Posted on 5/14/17 at 12:41 am to TheDeathValley
My study partner for Accounting 1&2 in college had a GED. Smartest guy ive ever personally known.
Kinda one of those guys that is brilliant but just cant function in the grade school structure.
Kinda one of those guys that is brilliant but just cant function in the grade school structure.
Posted on 5/14/17 at 12:53 am to fareplay
Nothing. I have employees who have at least a HS degree, and that's taxing enough. Goes with the territory, I guess, but given the world I come from (international project development and management), everyday never ceases to amaze me or piss me off.
Posted on 5/14/17 at 1:10 am to fareplay
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I would be reluctant as they have a history of messing up.
As opposed to HS graduates that never mess up? People that want to get their GED are trying to better their lives, or they wouldn't even bother. I would have absolutely no problem hiring someone with a GED over a HS graduate. Some of the dumbest people I know have a Masters Degree.
Posted on 5/14/17 at 1:38 am to SuperSaint
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How about trying yo not judge a book by its cover and find out what was the reason someone didn't finish HS traditionally?
So SuperSaint applied for the job? Give the dude a chance.
Posted on 5/14/17 at 2:22 am to tigerbutt
In the words of Chris Rock it's a good enough diploma.
Posted on 5/14/17 at 2:30 am to fareplay
Good enough diploma
Posted on 5/14/17 at 3:33 am to fareplay
quote:
hat does a GED mean to you?
Would you hire someone who has a GED instead of a HS degree? Even if they had the experience? I would be reluctant as they have a history of messing up.
If the highest level of education you're looking at is high school then why would a GED be that big of a deal?
You act like you're some banking executive going through Ivy League resumes. You're not.
Posted on 5/14/17 at 7:57 am to fareplay
I have a GED. I went straight to LSU as thd end of my high school junior year, I got a GED after completing 30 hours at 3.0 or above. Got my BS at 19. Magna Cum Laude.
This post was edited on 5/14/17 at 7:58 am
Posted on 5/14/17 at 8:23 am to fareplay
Trash, plain and simple.
A literal monkey can graduate from a Louisiana public high school.
If they didn't that means they have a problem with 1)showing up and/or 2) a problem with authority.
Decisions have consequences. Failing to do one of the simplest task as a kid is evidence of a bigger problem.
A literal monkey can graduate from a Louisiana public high school.
If they didn't that means they have a problem with 1)showing up and/or 2) a problem with authority.
Decisions have consequences. Failing to do one of the simplest task as a kid is evidence of a bigger problem.
Posted on 5/14/17 at 8:28 am to RFK
quote:decent alter, but nothing special
RFK
Pretty one dimensional
Posted on 5/14/17 at 8:32 am to Rouge
where am I incorrect
Posted on 5/14/17 at 8:38 am to RFK
a good friend of mine had family tragedy that made him drop out of school to go to work and support his family
Once his family got on good footing, he joined the military and earned his GED.
He went on to college and is now a professional that I will work with over many that come from blueblood backgrounds.
He understands sacrifice and hard work and overcoming adversity. He did not just read about it in a book and write a BS essay on life experience.
Once his family got on good footing, he joined the military and earned his GED.
He went on to college and is now a professional that I will work with over many that come from blueblood backgrounds.
He understands sacrifice and hard work and overcoming adversity. He did not just read about it in a book and write a BS essay on life experience.
Posted on 5/14/17 at 8:42 am to Rouge
So he is definitely the exception.
Great for him, sounds like it would have been easier to just finish high school
What can you even do at 16/17/18 that allows you to make enough to 'support your family'?
I get it the whole 'I had to support my family' thing is the typical excuse, but with child labor laws there is hardly anyway you could be expected to make enough as a pre-graduate that could reasonably contribute.
Couple this with the fact that any parent/guardian will realize the benefit of a kid finishing HS over contributing $160 a week to the household when you consider what is being left on the table.
This guy may be a poster child for GED success but most are not.
Great for him, sounds like it would have been easier to just finish high school
What can you even do at 16/17/18 that allows you to make enough to 'support your family'?
I get it the whole 'I had to support my family' thing is the typical excuse, but with child labor laws there is hardly anyway you could be expected to make enough as a pre-graduate that could reasonably contribute.
Couple this with the fact that any parent/guardian will realize the benefit of a kid finishing HS over contributing $160 a week to the household when you consider what is being left on the table.
This guy may be a poster child for GED success but most are not.
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