the county lost my high school transcript and now i have to take the GED

[reprise85]

bullshit, i say

[duovamp]

Thanks Obama.

[reprise85]

so guys remember when we were arguing about punctuation inside of quotation marks? i just took a practice test and got it wrong; it says they should be outside of quotation marks.

for example.

Reprise85 said "Bullshit, I say".

so stupid

[Trotskilicious]

that is false

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by reprise85

Reprise85 said "Bullshit, I say".

"Your punctuation is incorrect," said Tchocky.

[hnibos]

The county can't get punctuation correct?

[Trotskilicious]

FLORIDA, AMERICA

[yo soy el mejor]

Punctuation after a quotation is right in some circumstances. There are even different rules for how the quotation is used.

Ex.

1. Erica said, "Bullshit, I say!"

2. A word your mom uses too much is "awesome".

They're both correct.

[yo soy el mejor]

sucks you gotta take the GED, though. At this point I'd probably fail in math.

[Rairun]

As far as I'm aware, style guides in America tend to prefer

A word your mom uses too much is "awesome."

instead of

A word your mom uses too much is "awesome".

In the UK, it's the opposite.

[D.]

Yo soy is correct afaik and have always understood it.

But on the OT, that is some serious bullshit. I got my ged by choice and have since regretted it. Whether its fair or not, I feel judged every time ive ever applied for a job. I mean I've rarely NOT gotten a job I tried for but I digress.

[reprise85]

well i DO have a high school diploma so i will continue to list it

the only reason i am getting the GED is because i want to go to college. i was all ready to go

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by hnibos

The county can't get punctuation correct?

i dunno about the county...

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

FLORIDA, AMERICA

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

sucks you gotta take the GED, though. At this point I'd probably fail in math.

i would honestly just take it today if my math wasnt so rusty. my english/writing skills are fine and the lady i spoke to told me the science and history isnt even dates or anything it's more like reading comprehension... all the answers are in the text given to you on the test

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

Punctuation after a quotation is right in some circumstances. There are even different rules for how the quotation is used.

Ex.

1. Erica said, "Bullshit, I say!"

2. A word your mom uses too much is "awesome".

They're both correct.

this make sense but im pretty sure any test question will probably want it outside

hopefully i dont even run into it

[reprise85]

gonna take the TABE test which is like a placement test to see if i have to study anything but math. then i can register for class and it starts june 10th and is only 9 weeks which seems adequate. otherwise class is from august to december and quite frankly fuck that. ill do the 9 weeks and study outside class as well.

[reprise85]

kind of a blessing that my hours at work are reduced because im gonna have to restrict my availability.

stupid fucking walmart opened a block from us last week and we lost like half our customers

[noyen]

thats absurd yo! so are they making everyone who had records at this burned down school take a ged? it would only be fair. i have a ged, its way easy.

[Trotskilicious]

FLORIDA, USA, AMERICA

[Order 66]

you should go back to high school like in 21 jumpstreet.. a fresh start. think of the cray cray stories you'll have

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by noyen

thats absurd yo! so are they making everyone who had records at this burned down school take a ged? it would only be fair. i have a ged, its way easy.

i dunno, if it's an act of god and you have your diploma it may be different... my school was a tiny private one and either the headmaster didn't turn in records when the school closed or the county lost them.

[Trotskilicious]

college is for jerks

[slunken]

Originally Posted by reprise85

i dunno, if it's an act of god and you have your diploma it may be different... my school was a tiny private one and either the headmaster didn't turn in records when the school closed or the county lost them.

are you from the past?

[Starla]

That sucks Erica. Sorry :[

[Dead Frequency]

I got the good enough degree when I dropped out. I did fine, but was stressing about the math portion as well. One thing that threw me off was that there were 90 questions but was only graded on 45. Meaning I could skip the questions I didn't understand. Might be regional tho, but it made it all a breeze

[Dead Frequency]

And don't take the ged prep classes, that's just a way to cull money unless you're a really dense person and you're not

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by slunken

are you from the past?

should i have said principal?

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Dead Frequency

And don't take the ged prep classes, that's just a way to cull money unless you're a really dense person and you're not

so i should just take the TABE to see what i need to study and do it on my own?

yeah good idea fuck classes. if i only need math then why waste all that time and $50

[reprise85]

ok i just took a practice test and the math is like 8th grade level at most. i got this. just gotta review some equations for simple geometry.

what a joke. i thought there would be real high school math, like more than (very) simple algebra... like proofs and shit. lol.

fuck the TABE even, why waste $10 on that

[reprise85]

gonna take science, social studies and math on 7/1

according to the practice test i took i would pass math if it took it today. i got like 73%