plz answer my qestion about GED

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Im Wanting To Become A Nurse im Not Lazy Ect But In my High School I Had very Bad Problomes With Grades Normely C-E's I Try Really Hard But I Still Fail. So IV Desided To Take my GED Now My Qestion Really Is If i Pass My GED Is There Really Any Chance of Become A Nurse? *reasion behinde wanting a ged is i have failed 2 tiems already on 9th grade and trying hard on 3rd time but seems its not work for me so iv desided to find out if i could become a nurse with a GED whats are my chances could u plz tell me? thank you

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Yes I read the original post, and what I'm saying is her academic skills may be a focal problem such as ADHD..ect. We DON'T KNOW.

Exactly. I don't know, and neither do you. Some think that the best route would be to finish HS, while others don't think that's as important. Doesn't matter, none of us knows, so your opinion can't be any more right than anyone else's.

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Exactly. I don't know, and neither do you. Some think that the best route would be to finish HS, while others don't think that's as important. Doesn't matter, none of us knows, so your opinion can't be any more right than anyone else's.

i didn't say my opinion was right. I'm just saying we don't know her situation so we should not jump to any assumptions.

i would encourage her to stay in school. And I hope she does, but I would also encourage her to go to college if she chooses a GED instead.

She came here asking advice. and from most of these post peolpe are putting her down. What is really boils down to is her parents. Will they allow her to quit school, get a GED and attend nursing school before she is 18? In reality she is still a minor and her parents are still responsible for her. and since the OP has not come back to respond to these post (gee I wonder why??) we have no way of knowing what her intentions are.

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But you're jumping to all kinds of assumptions too.....

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If she had deterination and will, she wouldn't be giving up in the 9th grade. Maybe she suffers from a mood disorder?

Talking to the school counselor might be the best place for her to start

maybe her will will come from talking to the counselor?

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But you're jumping to all kinds of assumptions too.....

why not everyone else is.

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Actually, I didn't, and several others did not either.

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No sense in making assumptions.

From the OP's post, I know that she does not write well, and that she is having trouble in high school. She also wants to be a nurse.

The advice that she seek remediation in the areas in which she is weak is sound, and that she not consider dropping out to get a GED is solid.

I think we have, as is frequent on the 'net, taken things to heart that were not directed at us.

Anyway.

I see a lot of success in this thread. Maybe we can help show the OP what characteristics helped us to become successful and attain our goals.

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Virgo, just wanted to tell you, when I was 15 I played your signature song over and over again.

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I think we have, as is frequent on the 'net, taken things to heart that were not directed at us.

EXACTLY! :yeah:

Have you noticed that all of the people who insist that the OP can make it with determination alone (and that those telling her to stay in school are just knocking her down) are the one's that support their position by sharing stories about their own success with the GED route? It's as if these people feel a need to defend their own educational choices, as well as the OP's. I think if they viewed arguments such as mine purely in the context of the OP's situation, they would realize the advice to stay in school, as well as the assessment that she will likely have difficulty going directly to college, is quite solid indeed......

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EXACTLY! :yeah:

Have you noticed that all of the people who insist that the OP can make it with determination alone (and that those telling her to stay in school are just knocking her down) are the one's that support their position by sharing stories about their own success with the GED route? It's as if these people feel a need to defend their own educational choices, as well as the OP's. I think if they viewed arguments such as mine purely in the context of the OP's situation, they would realize the advice to stay in school, as well as the assessment that she will likely have difficulty going directly to college, is quite solid indeed......

I think you misunderstand our intentions.

It's not to tell her that staying in school is bad. Staying in school will make her life SOOOO much easier.

But...

We are telling her that NO MATTER which choice she makes it can be done. Ultimately she is going to make the choice she wants and it behooves us to show her that the path to success lies down BOTH roads.

Not just one...

Using your argument, we all need to give her the COMPLETE picture. From the stories told, it is clear that those that took the GED route did struggle.

You can't give one side of the story just because that's the side you support. You have to give her the whole story.

It's about the OP, not you. I am sure she gets that some of you think she should stay in school. For the record, I think she should stay in school as well. I also think if she chooses NOT to stay in school that choice won't preclude her from being successful.

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So if the OP DOES have ADHD, mood disorder, learning disability, or whatever, do some of you really think it will be less of a problem in college? Seriously, if one of the above is the problem and the OP finds out what it is and gets the assistance necessary, he or she should be able to finish high school and then pursue any desired career. However, if there is a problem (whatever it is), it will still be a problem should the OP manage to obtain a GED and try to pursue nursing.

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EXACTLY! :yeah:

Have you noticed that all of the people who insist that the OP can make it with determination alone (and that those telling her to stay in school are just knocking her down) are the one's that support their position by sharing stories about their own success with the GED route? It's as if these people feel a need to defend their own educational choices, as well as the OP's. I think if they viewed arguments such as mine purely in the context of the OP's situation, they would realize the advice to stay in school, as well as the assessment that she will likely have difficulty going directly to college, is quite solid indeed......

OC85, I agree with a lot of what you have said, but please take this in the spirit in which it is intended, because you are a smart, eloquent guy, and I do not wish to offend you: your delivery needs work. Without intending them to, your comments seem biting and harsh. The tone detracts from the message, which is valid. But once people think that they are being judged or criticized the communication ends and defensiveness sets in.

But yes, the OP needs to determine why she has trouble learning and fix that before considering higher education. She would not succeed now. But she SHOULD consider it, and dream (and work) big.

:)

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