araby wrote:I don't think you're mean but I do think you're wrong. Your negative outlook on people who earn their GED as opposed to a HS diploma is quite the opposite of at least one person (me) and I'm sure many people in this "nation" also do not laugh at such a person. You just made a really big generalization there.
Fine and dandy.
I'm an employer who has two applicants for a highly sought-after job. They both scored a '10' on my interview. They are equally qualified for the job and it simply comes down to education. One of them graduated high school with a 3.8 GPA, the other left 'for whatever reason' at age 16 and got their GED. Who do I hire?
Like I said,
some 'equivalency graduates' get into 'life' and do well for themselves. The problem is... every school district in the area has an 'alternative' program for trouble-makers, crack-heads and other miscreants in which they can 'earn' their equivalency degree, separate from the 'normal' kids. I'm not saying that this is the average GED kid, but it's often the case. If you are going to go through life with no college degree, depending on >a< highschool diploma to get you by... cool. Good luck. But those people who think that there is no difference between a GED and the 'real' thing are blind.
And, yeah... 99% of the the people I meet who dropped out are total brain-dead losers. The ratio is a lot better for people who actually "made it" through high school. Maybe that's because I don't normally hang out with a
gang of dropouts, so those that I do meet are usually pretty, well... Finawin. There is the occasional one-percenter who surprises me, and if he makes it through and actually gets an ENGINEERING degree, why... I'll eat my hat! Until then, he's
lumped in with the remainder of the dropouts.