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[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 8 points 1 day ago

When I was nearing the end of grad school, they asked us to submit any degrees we'd earned to be listed next to our names in the graduation ceremony program. I "left high school early" so I have a GED (and am proud of it). So I listed my degrees as GED, BA.

A few days later the person putting together the programs finds me in the refectory, pulls me aside and quietly asks me "um, GED? Is... is that high school?"

"Sort of," I reply.

"Uh, yeah... we don't usually put those in there..."

Still have a GED sharing wall space with my Master's either way. Win.