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Marquita
“The biggest motivation had to be my kids. I wanted something better for them. Having dead-end jobs was just not enough.”
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Ellie
“I just remember my grandma always saying how important education was, so I decided to get my GED.”
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Trinh
“My biggest motivation was my family because they worked so hard to give me a better life.”
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Timothy
“GED has meant so much so it was only fitting I continue to work in education.”
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Nzitonda
“It served as a foundation to show the world my strength and ambition to become who I want to be.”
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Nicole
“My motivation was my friends in college. I knew that one day I wanted to be like them earning a degree.”
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Maurilio
“One of the things I loved is that I was making friends while I was in school because we were all working as a group encouraging each other.”
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Hannah
“I started thinking positively, asking for help and believing I could actually do it.”
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Florence
“I took a picture in my cap and gown to visualize myself succeeding and then I did.”
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Brittany
“Without my teachers there's no way I could have did it. They were and still are my rock.”
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Allison
“I was so scared to get my GED because I thought I would fail just like I did with everything in life. The urge to change my life was so strong.”
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Alandria
“I wanted to quit so many times because I felt that I wasn't smart enough to pass.”