ClaireNC, Reasonable minds can differ, but the fact that her grades shot through the roof on one day and were terrible on the other days is EXTREMELY suspicious. Also I beg to differ, in that reading and writing skills are intertwined (I don't mean handwriting itself, I mean the ability to express yourself with the written word). The writing portion of the GED has both multiple choice and an essay. If she had done so much reading, why couldn't she write a simple essay? At least enough to beat a 58%? On science she got 43%! That doesn't mean 43% of the population at large, that's 43% of the people who took the GED! I know several people who took the GED test, in Texas, and none of them are rocket scientists, believe me. And they all said it was extremely easy.
I'm not trying to be condescending. FLEK was obviously a very smart cookie. But as far as "book learning", she seems self taught to me. And I find the sudden near doubling of her scores on 4/14/90, and then back to D's/F's the next week is too much for me to swallow.