My friend wants to get a GED

[Moonstar Akemi]

yeah the first job will always judge heavily on your school history, it wouldn't make sense for them not to. why hire a stuffcunt when you can get someone who actually tried at school?

past the first job it hardly means a thing. it's great to flaunt if you did great, but not something you'll ever need again if you didn't. past job 1 it's all about your personal references.

That's why I went ahead and decided to work at McDonald's for a bit longer so I could have some background for my next job. I'm still hesitant to get another after how McDonald's treated me, though. lol

What advantage? The only reason why a GED would somehow amount to less on his transcript would be if his potential employers were all biased against GEDs for some reason. And call me optimistic, but I don't think that many employers would even care.

It's just a benefit in case you get a really good job offer and your employer happens to be judgmental about those sort of things. My dad hired people with diplomas over people with a GED at one point in his life, so you could say he was one of those judgmental employers. lol

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[Menen]

so he just wants to be lazy and get a GED

honestly its his life. If it bites him in the ass its his fault

[Otis Da HousKat]

My brother dropped out of high school in tenth grade and got a GED then applied for college. He's currently got a six figure salary and is working towards his PhD so I'd say he did well for himself.

Of course my brother didn't drop out just to be lazy and stay at home and play video games all day so there's that difference.

[Moonstar Akemi]

My brother dropped out of high school in tenth grade and got a GED then applied for college. He's currently got a six figure salary and is working towards his PhD so I'd say he did well for himself.

Of course my brother didn't drop out just to be lazy and stay at home and play video games all day so there's that difference.

Yeah dude, I almost did the same thing. Then I remembered that my scholarship required me to do well in high school. So, forget.

[DrenDran]

I had someone I knew back in High School do this as well.
He dropped out just over half way though his senior year, and then disappeared off the face of the earth.
It's sad, but once someone's made up their mind like this it's almost impossible to talk them out of it.

[Dreams_Of_Cheese]

Tell him we said to stay in school

[ResonKinetic]

It's all about asking the right questions. What have your conversations consisted of so far?

[Skig]

I am homeschooled too.

[ResonKinetic]

I am homeschooled too.

That... doesn't help the discussion much.

[DrenDran]

I am homeschooled too.

Thanks.

[Skig]

That... doesn't help the discussion much.

I'm just sayin...

[Moonstar Akemi]

It's all about asking the right questions. What have your conversations consisted of so far?

It's mostly been questions like

"Why drop out this far into high school? It would be a waste of all the time and effort you put into it, especially since you did really well."

And that sort of stuff. It's a huge smack in the face and it's arrogant as hell. Like, for someone like me, who is struggling to even get by in school, which I still fail to manage, he's just like, "Lol forget school I'm doing so well in it but I don't feel like finishing it so I'll just get a GED."

It really is a smack in the face. :'(

[ResonKinetic]

I felt the shockwave from that slap.

How has he responded to your questions?

[Moonstar Akemi]

I felt the shockwave from that slap.

How has he responded to your questions?

He just called me stupid and said I didn't know what I was talking about. xD

[ResonKinetic]

He just called me stupid and said I didn't know what I was talking about. xD

If that's really how he reacted, then you need to let him learn for himself how his decisions are going to affect his life.

I know that doesn't sound like much, but when people are excessively obstinate, you just have to let them be.