<prompt> Human: Im writing this for my sister.Her husband owns a brick and mortar store and she is set to get hired there on a salary basis as a bookkeeper. She will be making around 2200month after taxes. She dropped out of high-school. She went to GED class but didnt complete due to health reasons and never went back and picked it up again. She has turned herself around and turned out to be a good at bookkeeping. Should she save up for a year and think about higher education? Maybe finish up GED and maybe even college? She is 31 and no kids. Married for 6 years. Her job would have her working 6 days a week, 9:30 to 6:00. evening classes maybe? ORShould she save up as much as possible and not spend on education and plan to do something else with the funds later? A lot would depend on the how well the store is going to be doing. I would say the store would still be there 5 years from now but this is life, right? What would you guys do?  <response>: It is never too late to go back to school.My advice, for what its worth: Take the GED exam. Sounds like she is reasonably smart; most reasonably smart people can pass it without much studying. She can look at practice tests to gauge whether she thinks she can pass. Then do at least a year of community college. Then when asked about education at job interviews, she can say some college and the whole GED thing never comes up.There is a documented disadvantage for GED holders in employment. This may be because often they are undereducatedpoorpeople of color, but it exists. She should plan what she wants an education for. If she wants a four-year degree, look at the four-years and see their requirements. Find out if the four-year accepts the community college credits. Also, somebody said that you dont need a HS diploma or equivalent to enroll in community college and that might be true in some places, but it isnt the norm. My experience has been that they all want transcripts or proof of HS equivalency.Source: Used to work with GED students and underemployed kids who wanted to go to college. Ninja edited for clarity. 