Pictured at the October GED Express class at Kishwaukee College are, L to R, students Andrew Clark, Eli Dawson, Doris Anderson, and instructor Julie Male.
In Julie Male’s GED Express class in October at Kishwaukee College, the students represented a cross section of what happens in high schools across the country, resulting in students’ dropping out—bored with school, falling in with the wrong crowd, illness and then falling behind in school work. As a teenager, the only reasonable thing to do often seems to be drop out of school. A few years later, what seemed the only thing to do becomes the one action that narrows any options the student may have for the future. That is where GED Express comes in.
GED Express has been offered by the Adult Education and Transition Programs division of Kishwaukee College for the past several years. The class was created for students reading at the 11th grade level or above, who are motivated to complete the GED in a quick and efficient seven-day format.
The next GED Express class will begin November 30 and run through December 9. Students will meet Tuesday through Friday, November 30 – December 3 and Tuesday through Thursday, December 7 – 9 in the afternoon from 1 – 5:40p.m. Students prepare in the late afternoon each day for the corresponding test given the next day in the early afternoon. When the Express class is finished, the students will have completed all six of the GED tests. Students interested in the GED Express must reserve a space by November 12 by calling 815-825-2086, ext. 3370 or ext. 3180.
