having a good teacher can make all the difference and school administrations are more likely to break good teachers than reward them

The GED is essentially a participation trophy when you compare American education globally to other developed nations.

The curriculum and difficulty of the school you went to is variable. That's why in the USA there are "good schools" and "bad schools". One of the best things to learn is how to learn and how to teach yourself. That makes the teacher's mostly irrelevant as well and is what's needed in real life because you won't have a senior huddled over you 24/7 telling you what to do in any position that pays well. That's why it pays well.

Congratulations on your GED, it unlocks many opportunities. If your career path can benefit from higher education, there are good options online today.

Man don't even worry, I was kicked out of HS. Yet I still got a bachelor's degree from a good college. You have the GED so you can check the box that asked if you graduated HS. No one has to know it was a GED.

Hell for a while I had my GED framed right next to my college diploma.

Here is what you do if you want to go to a 4 year university.

Go to Community College, after a year at CC you are no longer a new student when applying to a 4 year university. You are a transfer student. So the only thing the 4 year school wants to know is if you graduated HS. They don't care how or what your grades were. They only look at your CC grades.

If you want more detail send me a DM and I will tell you everything that worked and didn't work for me and a friend who did the same thing.

The problem is that everyone learns differently. Some folks need a study group; some need to study at 3 am; some need to hear a lecture 30 times.