First, see my followup to a different branch in this same thread.
Second, you apparently managed to find yourself immune to the huge amount of harassment that happens in public schools. Maybe you were lucky enough to never be a primary target. Some of us weren't so fortunate. It took several years of karate before I was confident in being able to stand up for myself. Never had to smack anybody (discovered that the jocks have HORRIBLE form, which makes them much less intimidating once you know what a real fight stance looks like) but knowing that I could if I had to got myself and my friends out of trouble a few times.
"People like yourself who can't finish a project because their feeling are getting hurt..." Really? The company that hired me straight out of college kept me around for 4.5 years, and my job didn't disappear until the SECOND round of layoffs. I finished plenty of projects in that time, as well as coaching one of my coworkers on how to not get offended by the boss's unpredictable attitude. I've been offered recommendation letters from several of my previous coworkers.
Oh, and if we want to look at the record back in college... I worked as an inspector for ODOT and did such an impressive job of coordinating the job I was assigned to that I have a glowing letter of recommendation from the contractor's foreman from that project (and was offered a job with their company, if I wanted to go into their field). Reviewing my job performance is way outside what he would be expected to do, which should give you an idea of how impressed he was.
You ever heard the quote from Bill Gates? "Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one." I suggest that you try giving that advice some serious thought.
Way I see it, GEDs are for people too smart to slow their brains down to the snail's pace that public schools likes to teach at. [And the straight-A students are the ones dumb enough to think those grades matter.] I did a year at community college after high school, and no 4-year school even cared about my high school grades after that.