[5/9]GED or High School Diploma? What’s Best for You?

My best advice: If you’re still in high school, stay and finish. You will make more money, get better jobs and feel better about yourself with a high school diploma. No one has ever been sorry they didn’t finish high school.


But if it’s too late for that and you left high school without a diploma, what are your options?


Can you still get a High School Diploma?

A few accredited schools offer extended high school diplomas, but they are costly and the programs take several years. Many "internet schools" claim to offer high school diplomas in a few weeks (some even days!) with a quick test. Be very wary of these. They are fakes; all you receive is phony diploma that means nothing. These are diploma mills. They’re in the printing business, not the education business.

Is the GED the best choice?

The GED or General Education Development was created in 1942 for people who were not able to finish high school. The GED is considered equal to a high school diploma by 97% of colleges and universities, and virtually all businesses. GED means high school diploma.

The GED diploma is issued by your state when you complete the 7-½ hour set of five tests in person at a test center. The American Council on Education, the people who write the GED, authorizes each state to administer the standardized GED exams. So wherever you live you take the same GED tests.

What are the advantages of a GED?

1. People with a GED make $480,000 more in their lifetime than people without a GED. That averages out to $12,000 a year more income for you. Not a bad raise!

2. A GED will help you get a better job. Employers would rather hire someone who has the basic skills to pass the GED test than someone who doesn’t. Completing the GED means that the graduate has the fortitude to successfully finish a difficult exam. The GED is not a small thing!

3. You can get a GED quickly and inexpensively. Most community colleges offer GED classes and there are excellent programs online.

4. Passing the GED test will make you more valuable to your employer because you’ll have gained basic writing and math skills in addition to demonstrating critical thinking and knowledge application. You’ll find it’s easier to get a work promotion or advance through workplace job-training programs once you have your GED.

5. Having the GED opens doors for advanced training. Most specialized training programs require either a high school diploma or a GED. And with a GED, you can look at higher educational opportunities.

6. You’ll feel better about yourself with a GED because you’ve accomplished something that only 60% of high school graduates can do.

7. Finally, consider the impact of your educational achievement on your family. That alone goes a long way; it’s priceless.

GED or high school? Really there’s only one choice for most people. Getting a GED is the quickest, easiest and simplest way to improve the opportunities in your life.

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By: Leonard Williams

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[5/8]How to Find the Best Dental School for You

You’re out of undergrad and have decided that dentistry is your future. The next step is to select a dental school. Choosing the right dental school can be a vital factor in determining the course of your career. Your dental school will require a serious time and financial commitment, so you want to be sure you are giving yourself the best opportunity possible. Here are some things to consider when choosing a dental school.

Not all dental programs are alike. Are you interested in community care? General practice? Teaching? Research? Each dental program may have a different focus, and you need to know if the focus of the school you are considering fits in with the kind of dentistry you want to practice. Some schools practice a traditional classroom instruction model, while others are organized according to a more broad problem solving pedagogy. You will need to decide which approach offers the best opportunities for learning for you.

You will need to make a decision based on the physical location of the school. Are you looking for something close to home, or are you willing to go far away to study dentistry? Are you prepared to take on the financial burden of not only tuition, but of living expenses in your new location if you choose to go away to school? Do you find the school aesthetically pleasing? This may seem a minor concern, but you will be spending a considerable period at the school that you choose, and at times you may be under intense pressure. Having the right environment may be the difference between graduating on time at the top of your class and a much less appealing alternative.

You should consider what kind of facilities the school has. If you are interested in lots of hands on research, obviously a state of the art laboratory will be desirable. If you are more interested in patient care, a school with access to a large hospital or community service center may be better for you.

You also need to think about the reputation of the school versus the likelihood of your being accepted. You can easily find out the percentage of applicants accepted and their average GPA and test scores for any of the top schools. You obviously want a school with a great reputation, but if it is not a school that is likely to accept you or if you would have too much difficulty meeting the requirements if you are accepted, this can be an unnecessary waste of time and money.

If you can, you should meet with the faculty and students at the programs you are most interested in. Talking with people already involved in the program will give you the best feeling for whether or not it is the right program for you to pursue your dental education.

Choosing a dental school is the first of many decisions that will start you on a path towards a career in dentistry. If you take the time to make an informed, intelligent decision here, the choices that follow will be that much easier for you.

By: Craig Berger

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[5/7]Live Life with a Learning Disability

You have to deal with a number of issues if you have a learning disability, even if that disability was diagnosed in the childhood. The issues will be different and many more in adulthood than they were in your childhood years. Hence you will have to find new ways to cope with these challenges and issues posed by the learning disability.

As you grow older you’ll have many life events that occur and change the way you need to handle your disability. You’ll want to get married, have children, and be a productive part of society. To be successful in life you’ll need to learn how to manage your disability in way that allows you to flourish and be successful.

Learning disabilities come in many forms, but usually affect how a person thinks, talks, hears, reads and writes. These problems impact how you process thoughts and perform tasks such as mathematics. Since we use these skills everyday, you will have to find ways of coping with daily tasks.

Many times you’ll find that people don’t understand how to deal with a person that has a learning disability. They’ll become angry and frustrated as they try to explain something to you that you’re unable to compute without a little bit of extra time and attention. If you’re in an educational environment you many find yourself not completing courses that you need to further your education and career because of this frustration.

You need to find the balance between having a disability and changing your goals. You do need to know your limitations but at the same time there is no reason for you not to live a full and happy life. You should be able to enjoy relationships and being a parent, even with your learning disability.

There are several things that you can do to make your life as a parent with a learning disability easier for both you and your children. You want to reduce the amount of stress and worry that your family experiences as a result of your inability to comprehend some basic things, such as time management.

One helpful technique is to keep a calendar in a prominent place such as the kitchen or other room you frequent. You can note the times and dates that your children have to be certain places. This will give you a strong visual aid and help keep you from missing appointments and pick-up times.

Keep your home as organized as possible so that when you need to find something it will be in a permanent location inside your home. This ensures that you don’t spend unnecessary time searching for something that you need since this can often lead to your frustration and anger.

Even though it can be difficult, strive to remain calm and patient, even when things aren’t going your way. All people have bad days at times, so try not to blame every problem on your learning disability.

By: Patrick Hartell

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[5/6]The relation between virginity and teens

A subject that thousands of young girls face every day—teen pregnancy. 18-year-old girl struggles with this very issue after losing her virginity to a boy. Like most teens didn’t think it would happen to her.

Sometimes it might seem like everyone in school is talking about who’s a virgin, who isn’t, and who might be. For both girls and guys, the pressure can sometimes be intense. But deciding whether its right for you to have sex is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever have to make. Each person must use his or her own judgment and decide if it’s the right time - and the right person.

"When a teen was growing up, there seemed to be two main types of teenage fiction around. The first was fluffy and portrayed growing up as a hunky-dory experience, where beautiful boys met beautiful girls, the greatest trauma in life was not being selected for the cheerleading squad, and all lived happily ever after. The second type, which I feasted on with glee, explored reality. They captured just what a difficult and jagged experience growing up can be. Some teen books can be terribly depressing; they focus too heavily on ’issues’ (drugs, teen pregnancy etc) and become unrealistic in their bleakness.

This means considering some very important factors - both physical ones, like the possibility of becoming pregnant or getting a sexually transmitted disease - and emotional factors, too. Though a person’s body may feel ready for sex, sex also has very serious emotional consequences.

The change from child to adult is an especially dangerous time for adolescents in our society. From their earliest years, children watch television shows and movies that insist that "sex appeal" is a personal quality that people need to develop to the fullest. Teenagers are at risk -- not only from AIDS and STDs -- but from this sort of mass-market encouragement.

Sexual content is regularly marketed to younger children, pre-teens, and teens and this affects young people’s sexual activity and beliefs about sex. According to the fact sheet, Marketing Sex to Children, from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, children are bombarded with sexual content and messages.

For many teens, moral factors are very important as well. Family attitudes, personal values, or religious beliefs provide them with an inner voice that guides them in resisting pressures to get sexually involved before the time is right.

Teens don’t need a sexual predator to introduce them to online pornography. It comes to them through porn spam on their e-mail or by inadvertently clicking on a link to a porn site. Through pornography, young people get a twisted view of what constitutes normal relationships.

Peer Pressure Problems and Movie Madness: Nobody wants to feel left out of things - it’s natural to want to be liked and feel as if you’re part of a group of friends. Unfortunately, some teens feel that they have to lose their virginity to keep up with their friends or to be accepted.
Although some teens that are going out don’t pressure each other about sex, the truth is that in many relationships, one person wants to have sex although the other one doesn’t.

Again, what matters most differs from person to person. Maybe one person in a relationship is more curious and has stronger sexual feelings than the other. Or another person has religious reasons why he or she doesn’t want to have sex and the other person doesn’t share those beliefs.

Many parents know they have a troubled teen on there hands, as these warning signs will help tell. The question many parents have is "What do I do!" or "what are my options? If you have any suggestions for how to improve this site or any questions pertaining to these sites, feel free to go:

http://www.abundantlifeacademy.com/

http://www.troubledteensguide.com/

http://www.troubledteenministries.com

They can be of great help. They are user-friendly guide for professionals who supervise, manage, teach, or treat teenagers who get into trouble.

By: Harry Johnson

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