Torn between getting my GED and High School Diploma..?

No!!! You didn't screw it up, not yet anyway. Get the HSD. They're telling you about the GED because it will be easier. However, if you do get the GED all you have to do is go to a Tech school or junior college for the first year to get yourself established. If you do well there you can get into any college or university.

I was in a similar situation. If you plan on going to college, i think getting your GED would suffice. Its sounds like your a really smart girl and I don't think a piece of paper should hold you back from your true potential. Having a baby is really tough and I know some girls that had to come to the conclusion that going to high school and being a full time mom just isn't feasible. On the other hand, getting a diploma does look better on your resume, but usually employers go by your highest level of education, so getting a college degree would work. If you go on to your local www.gov websites there should be a free college education for moms under 26 and free daycare programs. You can also fill out your FAFSA form and qualify for large grants for college. I hope this helps. Good luck with everything.

See if your local college offers a program where you can take college courses and finish high school at the same time. I know many do. Also; GED's are harder, so unless you're looking for a challenge, I'd try getting a diploma.

I got my GED. If I could do it all over again I would have graduated. I am 30 now and I have dreams ALL the time that I am going back to highschool to graduate w/ my class. finish highschool, do your best to get good grades, talk to your teacher privately in the classes you are having the most issues in, ask if you can do any extra credit projects.

A GED is not bad at all and it does the same thing for you that a diploma does, but if you are set on the diploma and that will be what makes you feel happy then go for that. You sound like a hard working girl that can do anything so I will go ahead and say You can do it! you are young and in America anything is possible.good luck!

If you really want to get a degree, check out an online high school, they are completely free. They will provide you with the computer equipment and all. Basically, if you enroll with them, you can go to school at your own time (in your case do your work when your kids are asleep, etc.). I taught online courses for K12 and many of my kids were either from rural areas where schools were too far of a commute or they were children mandated to this type of schooling due to pregnancy, truancy issues, etc. www.k12.com Good luck!

Get your GED.. highschoolers these days getting pregnant at very low ages.. SO DISAPPOINTING...

If you plan on going to Junior College before heading to a regular college, one is just as good as the other. Larger colleges look at junior college grade scores more than what you did in high school if you are a JC grad. This is reality, my friend. Since you are already in this boat heading downstream, you have to adjust what you may have had planned just a little, and get what you want back out of life again. Don't listen to these people telling you about disappointment in you because of what has happened---just swim the waves and make the best of it. Get your GED. Then enroll immediately into a Junior College. Go for two years--and try hard. It is better than high school, and you will see. But try, and go to their counselors to ask their advice too. It is the way it is--and junior college is the better jumping off point for regular university than high school hands down. You rock---but you will only continue rocking if you get that GED, enroll in a JC, and then try hard to get good grades. No whining along the way, we all got it tough and we all have to fight the current sometimes. You're doing just fine--and things can only get better!!

YOU do what YOU want. It's something you have to live with for the rest of your life. Don't let them persuade you either way.