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Recently, two young persons I am acquainted with, were interested in taking the GED or General Equivalent Degree. They both did not know how to obtain it. Both were under the impression the books to study would cost a small fortune. Both dropped out of school from improper peer influence and teachers who told them they would never amount to anything. Thankfully, more teachers tried to help them than put down their persons in class. One of them has spelling problems and has problems with the sounds of letters. One has a learning disability, probably from an auto accident he was involved in many years ago with a drunk driver. Two books my friend and I found were GED for Dummies, and McGraw-Hill GED study book. Both were easily obtained in a local bookstore. The price ranged from about fifteen dollars to a little over twenty dolllars. As I studied language arts with one of them, I found the essay he wrote contained excellent content and meaning. His punctuation and spelling were on an elementary level. I explained there are written and oral tests. There are subjective and objective exams. Exams or tests are a tool to let the teacher know how well she or he has done their job. It allows students know what they know and do not know about a subject. With so many problems and improper peer influence in public schools, I wonder why more upper classmen and women do not obtain their GED and move on to a higher education. Personally, I was unable to study with good comprehension and read well until I went to my freshman university classes. I had to spend much time in study to pass my classes. I had great professors.