(An informative vocabulary exercise)
A recent headline in a the News & Observer, a North Carolina periodical reads, “More seek GED as jobs get scarce: Community colleges’ ranks increase as applicants find hard work alone will get you only so far.”
This brings to mind the word, Economy. What is Economy? According to an online source, the Economy can be defined as: “Effective management of the resources of a community or system.”
So, how does the Economy effect the GED? Well, the rationale is rather simple.
- As the economy worsens; jobs become scarce and are more difficult to obtain.
- As jobs become scarce, the competition for each remaining job increases because there are fewer positions available for each prospective new employee.
- As competition increases, employers seek more ways of comparing prospective employees to determine which ones to hire. (One long-accepted criteria has long been whether or not a candidate has a high school or college diploma.)
- Thus more people are wanting to have diplomas in order to improve their position in job pools.
- And finally, while those without diplomas may be more likely to NOT have employment, they may also be now even more likely to feel a need to increase their education. This is for two reasons:
- due to the fact that much education is essentially free of charge; and
- they now have more time on their hands to pursue such goals and objectives.
Test yourself on the vocabulary for the summary that you just read: Go to the vocabulary list for this entry.
Objective GED 