It isn't very relevant whether a person nearing 30 graduated from high school or got a GED. Actually it's not even that relevant for a 20 year-old. Unless the

It isn't very relevant whether a person nearing 30 graduated from high school or got a GED. Actually it's not even that relevant for a 20 year-old. Unless the story is about college admissions or something related, what reason is there to "want to describe someone as a high school dropout"?