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Michael Ormsby is the president of The GED Academy and oversees software and curriculum for adult learners and people with educational challenges. For more information, visit http://www.passGED.com . Michael can be contacted by email at: information@passGED.com or by telephone at 800-460-8150.
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 GED Study Help: How Wrong Answers Can Help You LearnStudying for the GED exam can seem difficult. After all, most people who left school had some problems learning in traditional classrooms. But the ways that students have traditionally been expected to learn in school aren't always the best. By understanding how your brain learns best, you can make your own studying more effective. GED: The Key to Better Jobs and Higher EducationRecently, a student wrote on a GED message board: "I was told over and over again when I was growing up that I am stupid and don't amount to anything." This student's brother tells her that only losers get a GED, and that if she wasn't a loser, she would have finished high school. It's Never Too Late to Go Back for a GEDWilliam Adams has a medical degree from Yale University and spent 22 years as the head of the Rose Medical Center laboratory in Denver, Colorado. Now, at 83 years old, Adams has earned another degree: his GED. GED: The Key to Better Jobs and Higher EducationThere is no short-cut to better jobs and higher education. For the 39 million American adults without high school diplomas, it can be frustrating to find that opportunities are closed to them. Pam Graves had experienced this frustration first hand. What Adult Education Students Need to SucceedGED education programs are sponsored by communities, non-profit organizations, and school districts across the country. Teaching undereducated adults is extremely challenging. Most adults who didn't graduate high school never learned good study habits, never felt motivated to learn and never did well in a traditional classroom environment. Paul Salopek: A GED Success StoryIn America, 39 million adults have no high school diploma. The GED offers a second chance to high school drop-outs. But how far can you go in life with a GED? Take a look at Paul Salopek, a journalist who has won two Pulizer Prizes as a foreign correspondent. What do GED Test-Takers need to know?The GED is a sophisticated test that measures the most important skills that people should learn in high school. The test is divided into five sections: mathematics, social studies, science, reading, and writing. Most of the sections are in a multiple choice format, and the writing section includes a timed essay. The questions are formulated to test essential real-life skills: problem solving, critical thinking, evaluation, information processing, and making inferences. The GED is a thinking tes Why Get A GED? Unemployment, Earnings, and EducationEducation pays. That's what the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says. People with more education make more money. That's not a big surprise. But they also are less likely to be unemployed. Who has the highest unemployment rate and lowest pay rate? People without a high school diploma. When unemployment grows, those without a high school diploma suffer most. The GED is a chance to earn a high school diploma, but more than that, it opens doors to the higher education that's so valuable in today's GED Accomodations for DisabilitiesThe GED gives adults who didn't graduate high school the opportunity they need to qualify for college and for more and better jobs. Taking the GED, though, can be difficult for people with disabilities. If you have a disability, it shouldn't stop you from taking the GED and showing what you know. The GED Testing Service provides special test-taking accommodations for GED students with many types of disabilities. GED Accomodations for DisabilitiesThe GED gives adults who didn't graduate high school the opportunity they need to qualify for college and for more and better jobs. Taking the GED, though, can be difficult for people with disabilities. If you have a disability, it shouldn't stop you from taking the GED and showing what you know. The GED Testing Service provides special test-taking accommodations for GED students with many types of disabilities.
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