GED
Noun. General Educational Development. The GED is an educational certificate awarded in the United States and Canada which certifies that the recipient has met the minimum requirements necessary to graduate high school. Some members of the academic elite enjoy ridiculing the test and its alleged lack of significance or ease of completion, despite the fact that 30% of graduating
high school seniors fail it each year.Reasons for dropping out of high school and later pursuing the GED are diverse and include family problems, military service and economic conditions which force willing students to take full-time jobs. Thus, any stereotyping or derisive attitude toward those pursuing their
GED's seems to come from a lack of compassion, or from pure, pompous arrogance.Despite the belief that GED students are under-achievers or that they do not wish to pursue a higher education, the simple fact that they have chosen to study for their GED renders this argument highly spurious. In addition, many of those who receive the certificate go on to college/university and enjoy successful, illustrious careers. Among the most famous recipients of the GED are U.S. Senators Ben Nighthorse Campbell and
Paull Shin, Governors Jim Florio and Ruth Ann
Minner, Surgeon General Richard
Carmona, and highly revered ABC broadcast journalist
Peter Jennings.
GED
by thegreatemancipator on Jan 23, 2013 04:03:30
There is no such thing as getting a GED and no state awards anything called a "GED" or a general equivalency
diploma or degree. The GED acronym is frequently misused to mean “
general education degree” or "general education diploma,” when in fact the GED brand was developed as a trademark to identify the “tests of general educational development,” a term coined by the American Council on Education, the owner of the GED trademark, in the
1940’s to identify a battery of tests that measure proficiency in science, mathematics, social studies, reading and writing. Passing the GED test gives those who did not complete high school the opportunity to earn their high school credential, but no state awards a GED
per se.
Example:
After
dropping out of
high school years ago, I am now preparing to pass the GED test and
receive my high school equivalency credential so that I can go to college.
GED
by Devil on Feb 02, 2004 05:17:51
The thing to get for that guy who always sat in class
doodling on his paper(Like me). Usually hated by jealous nerds for being so laid back and mellow, without stress, headaches, or a care in the world(Although that is hardly the case, most of the time). I like to call this
Frank Grimes Syndrome. As much as you may or may not want to believe it, a person with a GED has as much a chance of going to college as someone with a
diploma.
GED
by Big Bubz on Feb 25, 2006 13:14:08
A
diploma for people who cant stand the fucking
liberal bullshit taught in public schools.
Equivelant to a
highschool diploma.
Example:
Me: Hey dude I got my GED!
Loser: Fuck you! I'm still a
sophmore and
I have no life or money because I waste all of my time studying for bullshit tests and kissing my liberal teachers sweaty balls.
Me: That sucks. You should get a GED and a job and go to
UGA like me. Otherwise your breath will smell like liberal cum for another 2 years.
Ged
by Cock BLOCK 47 on Oct 02, 2018 06:35:25
Example:
Hilly half lug- Sayin to Debbie been upto much?
Junkie Debbie-nah no really got lifted last night was taking big burners in the
welly
Hilly-aww
ged fuck that
Junkie debbie-ken was
doss tho geeeed