Don't Sit for an Exam Unless you've sincerely studied! Consequences + Time Out Penalties Exist
Just learned that my husband has to wait 60 days to retake the Social Studies Exam in California!
Today, Sunday Oct 4th, he failed again by 1 point and this was his 3rd try.
The silver lining is that his score went up but he also didn't truly buckle down until 9 days before this exam.
He is new to America coming from West Africa (5 months) and his main distraction has been his mobile phone!!!!
He came from a country where data was extremely limited and costly, now he resides in the land of unlimited data, and has developed an addiction.
As his wife, we talked and I placed restriction controls on his phone... and voila 20% progress in his Onsego modules in 1 Day! The restrictions will stay on the phone until he passes!
We both agree that Onsego gels with him more than than the Kaplan book.
But that's the issue, he doesn't like reading, which is the mountain that he's climbing!
I purchased 3 books so far, Barron's and Princeton Review GED books, which he left behind in West Africa; hence the Kaplan book he's using right now. All 3 books are solid investments.
Onsego is worth the $$$, so is Union Test Prep!
The online suites for the books above all have good practice Test questions.
I distrust the Ready Practice Tests, as he's scored well on several and FAILED the real exam.
He just needs to drill and practice the test methods he just started using last week.
This is the 2nd time he ran out of time! Made it to question 35 this time.
And he seems to be struggling with interpreting data, graphs and maps as well as distinguishing fact vs opinion.
We can't go backwards in time but he's very regretful he went against my advice to reschedule the 1st and 2nd exams because now the time sensitive matters connected are at risk due to the 60 day wait before his next attempt.
I'll post more updates as he progresses through the next 60 days!
Pray 4 him as he must study and pass both the GED and the ASVAB for the US Military!