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Oh shit. I hadn't thought about this in years. I took a GED course at the age of 16 to graduate. Didn't want to just drop out, right?
I got THE highest score in the entire city. I know because at the graduation ceremony, the guy on stage mentions the highest score. It was my exact score. 676/800 (I sucked at social studies). I thought they were going to bring me on stage after announcing it, but then they immediately brought up a middle aged black lady instead... to commend her on trying (and failing) to pass the test three times. "Hang in there, Shaniqua! Everybody give her a hand!"
It was kind of a kick in the balls for my welcome into adulthood! lol
Also took GED at 16. After being failed twice in two years in HS. 93rd precentile. Yea I wasnt an idiot. I just hated public school.
I remember the last year I attended a full year of school. Grade 8. New kid in class 2/3 of the way through the year in a school that was better than the ones I was going to, and I wasn't really paying attention anymore. I got the highest mark in my math class, an 86%.
I was in the top of my LPN class and they gave honor graduate to a chick that had a lower grade point than me that cried after every test. The state certification left me in shock and awe. She must have lost it.
Well, duh. Nurses crying on command are what they're looking for. She's probably a better dancer too! https://files.catbox.moe/dsguox.jpeg
HAAA!!!
I dropped out of school a week before my 16th birthday. I took 2 years off from school, worked at a grocery store etc, and moved to a different state. I took the GED and scored better than 70-80% of high school grads, and I was fucking awful at math. I didn't even have classes at school for some of the math on the test, so I'd just guess.
I didn't know whether to feel proud and smug at scoring higher than most grads, or feel sad and a bit scared that most of them scored so low.
LOL. Same! I was really surprised rather than proud I scored the highest. GED, otherwise known as the "good enough diploma".
It was just surreal how juxtaposed their focus was as they immediately shifted from "best score? nah." to "congratulate this dummy, folks!".
Maybe that's white privilege they talk about? Are they mad that some of us are faster learners?
It's sad.
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