I Am GED

One of the greats of comedy, Red Skelton, was coached by his wife to earn his High School Equivalency, now GED.

Red Skelton - Wikipedia Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American comedy entertainer. He was best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...

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Denied a diploma, April Dunn made sure other students with disabilities had options. She died of covid-19. Dunn, who was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and cerebral palsy, championed equal rights for society’s most marginalized and was the driving force behind a bill to provide alternative graduation paths for students with disabilities. "To put it simply," a colleague said, "she’s the most determi...

Walt Disney attended McKinley High School in Chicago, where he took drawing and photography classes and was a contributing cartoonist for the school paper. At night, he took courses at the Art Institute of Chicago. When Disney was 16, he dropped out of school to join the Army but was rejected for being underage. Instead, he joined the Red Cross and was sent to France for a year to drive an ambulance. He moved back to the U.S. in 1919.