For a small variety of half-baked reasons I got my G.E.D. half-way through my junior year of high school. School wasn’t my thing then, though it is now, and though I can’t say that the extra freedom did me a whole lot of good back then, having that goofy slip of paper (the G.E.D.) has been helpful several times sinse then (at least insofar as it’s stood in for a diploma).

Getting a G.E.D. isn’t difficult (the test is more or less designed to be easy) and from what I remember, isn’t expensive either. People will tell you that it’ll ruin your life, but it won’t. You know how many times I’ve been asked if I have a G.E.D. vs. a high school diploma? Once. And it wasn’t for something important.

It’s easy, cheep and helpful to get a G.E.D. Might as well do it.