You should look into your state’s Department of Labor. They may offer adult education courses to help you get your GED.

Well… nobody from the UK “graduates” from school. We’re doing fine.

Depends, if there are recognized certifications those always help. Otherwise, your previous work does matter. I’m sure it’s a terrible experience, but it’s still possible.

I didn’t graduate from high school, I got into food service. Literally no one has ever asked me for a diploma. It doesn’t pay the best at first (though it is considerably better than when I started 15 years ago), but I got a comfortable-for-me salary when I eventually got into management.

Its not for everyone, if you can deal with fast paced work, weird hours, and weirder personalities its a lot of fun.

There’s plenty of trucking companies who offer to pay for your drivers license if you come work for them. (if you don’t have a big rig licens yet. In the US that’s a class A or B commercial license.) That’s what I did, but I live in europe, maybe it’s different here.