GED vs High School Diploma?

I am having a debate with my Australian husband born and raised who is irritatingly opinionated and thinks he knows everything. I constantly remind him America is not Australia and things don't necessarily work the same.

Anyway he looked it up and read that technically a GED is the same as a high school diploma. I told him that in the real world not technical terms on paper, it is harder for people with GED's to get "good" (take the term good as you will ; I mean like lawyer, doctor, teacher, engineer, scientist, therapist) jobs.

Please help me answer a few scenarios and please be honest! thanks so much

1) a girl is doing good in school and has good grades. her boyfriend wants her home more so she decides to stop pursuing a high school diploma and get a GED. She is more than capable to get a high school diploma but feels the GED will allow her make her boyfriend happy. Is it a bad idea to get a GED when she can get a diploma?

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2) There is a job as a plastic surgeon but there is 1 position available only. Two candidates - 1 of them has a GED, A bachelor's Master's AND doctorate and 1 has a high school diploma, a Bachelor's and Master's AND doctorate. They have the same degrees, but one has a GED and one has a High School Diploma. Who gets the job?

3) In general in any field, high school diploma versus a GED, who gets the job?

Submitted May 17, 2017 at 08:58PM by vagalina http://ift.tt/2pN1EuL