get my GED

The GED test is underestimated a lot. Employers think you’re too lazy because you didn’t bother finish High School, and others think your dumb and that a brain dead Monkey can pass this test. This test is a lot harder then what some might think especially if you have a hard time learning Math or knowing what exactly a double negative is and why we can’t use them. It bothers me when people think you can pass taking the test the first time and if you fail, you fail life which is what some people in my life make it out to seem like.
I waited three weeks for my scores and what I got was
Writing 400
Science 470
Social Studies 480
Reading 470
Math 430

with 410 being the passing score I pretty much just failed writing which could be a result of obsessing over re-learning the Math. So now I don’t know what’s going on and what I have to do, I’m taking a little break though and in September I’m going to try it out all over again.

I took the test today, but the goal isn’t officially complete until I get the results saying I passed which I’m skeptical on and it’s keeping my stomach in knots. My essay sucked and I guessed on a lot of answers I didn’t know.

But I do want to warn some people that haven’t taken it yet, the there was one question on my math test that looked like it was written backwards because the wording and the table it gave to figure out the question didn’t match up and I thought the book was defective I guess is the best word I can think of right now lol so when I asked the teacher guy person thing he said I was out of luck and that he couldn’t tell me but he did inform me that it is a reading test also and as soon as he said that it clicked in my head what exactly I had to do. But if there’s a question that looks like it’s backwards I advise you ahead of time that it is normal you just have to look at it a little differently. In this case I had to change one column of numbers on the table to percentages.

I didn’t take the test on the 3rd but I take it Friday and I’ve been trying to keep the knowledge fresh in my mind.

gedpractice.com <— helps alot it’s an online practice test that can help you figure out how to get the right answer if you got it wrong.

I did my Math Pretest today.
So my scores go as follow: (I might be off a little on them)
Science- 550
Social Studies- 510
Reading-540
Writing-480
Math- 480

I’m going to study in free time (not at the learning center) to bring the score up in Writing and Math on the actual test. I’m so excited I’m scheduled to take the test on July 3rd ^.

it’s not in depth but it gives a few tips: http://twitter.com/gedhelp

So I took a practice MAth Test today, I got 20 out of 28 correct which is a LOT better then the first time I took a practice test at the Learning Center. I don’t know the score I got on the first one but I know it’s wasn’t the same score I got on the one I took today because if that were the case I would’ve been able to take the GED back in January.
Anyway, I should only have to take a pretest the next time I go in and depending on how I score on a Pretest determines whether I’m ready or not for the GED.
I’m nervous about taking the actual test, I have a history of anxiety problems…I know I’ll do well I have confidence I’ll do well I’m just nervous that I’m this close.

I’ll probably be able to take the GED test on the 29th of this month or the 6th of June. I’m pretty much done with Algebra and all I have to do is take this practice pre test to refresh my memory with everything I’ve been learning the past several months. The take a Pre Test to see if I’m able to get through the actual test and then I can take the actual test =)

Not today. I don’t feel like going to the Learning Center today I’m making myself go tho I just don’t want to that’s all. >.>
I want this to be over with now I I’m not that far away I’m not.

Yes I’m still working on Math but I got a bit farther. I’m on measurements now and next time I go in I’ll probably be working on Triangles then Coordinates I believe and then Algebra. So I’m prety far along in math I don’t think it’ll be long until I have to take the pretest (pass it) and take the actual exam. New Goal? I want my GED before the first day of Summer, well the test to be done by the first day of summer because I can’t help it if the scoring process takes forever, I heard it does =/

Okay so I’ve been working on math and I’ve come to the conclusion that it hates me. I don’t know how a subject can hate me, but it does. I failed horribly on this test that I did that wasn’t exactly a pre-test, it was more of a pre-pre-test, that sounds funny. ANYWAY! I failed on it end of story, k?
So yeah, I pretty much just got done being retaught fractions which wasn’t all that bad I always understood them but was never taught in the way that I understand them. I don’t think I have a learning disability when I say that, I just think in a different way I’d much rather think of “Okay 2+2=...You have two apples and you put two apples next to those two and what do you get? 4.” rather then straight to the point. I also think a lot of people are like this and that’s why most people hate math.
I’m on decimals now which was never that bad for me but it’s been so long that a mini refresher wouldn’t hurt. My biggest worry is Algebra yuck and word problems. I know there’s key words that hint towards how your are supposed to figure it out, but I’ve managed to like not pay attention so I struggle on those.
I’m hoping to get this done by June because if we’ve managed to save up the money and I have my GED I’m going on a cross country trip, but we won’t go unless we have the money AND the GED so I’ll hold up my end of the bargain just so that won’t keep us here in the stupid state of Maine all summer >.<