Regarding the article, ”GED credibility drops, but its faithful believe,” I fail to conceive why anyone would downgrade such a fine program. I am a GED graduate, attending college and striving for a law degree. If it were not for the GED program, I would not be in college and would continue making little more than a high school graduate. The ”researchers” do not seem to realize the extreme boost of confidence that arises when a GED certificate has been achieved.
It was very frightening for me to consider continuing my education after dropping out of high school. When I finally found the courage to go for the GED certificate, the GED administrators were much more nurturing than any teachers at my former high school.
I hope that the Heckman-Cameron study will not sway employers to hire high school graduates over GED graduates. As Michael Caputo of the National Alliance of Business stated, ”(GED) oftentimes denotes a young person who made some mistakes then went back to correct them. It shows effort. . . .”
