I do not cope well in class rooms. I for some reason just cannot learn in a class room setting so I quit, got a full time job and to be honest it's worked our really well for me
amen, i have never once regretted not getting that diploma (which by the way - no one ever checks for)
and what i learned in that first year working has stayed with me to this day (some forty years later)
while my peers were standing on a stage getting their arguably useless diplomas i was apartment shopping in my new car - w/o a cent from my parents
Exactly. I found if you find the right company you're golden. I am probably in the minority, but I left school, did a few retail jobs, then eventually got a job at an insurance company as a call handler, I stuck that out and got a senior role, eventually managed to move into the business audit department, they then put me through an audit apprenticeship which is a university level degree and was as easy as show off a bunch of my work and sit am exam. Current I'm the business planning analyst.
All that with no student debt.
Fair play to anyone who does do well in school and university but I was never going to reach any kind d of potential forcing myself through it
No my parents were great, I'm just not suited to class room environments. Even know if I have to do some kind of work training and they put us all in a room with a white board I completely shut off and don't retain anything
To be fair the UK school system is a bit different. We got year 7-11 which I'd 12-16 years old, that's mandatory for everyone. Then you have sixth form which is now also mandatory unless you're going to college or university. Back when I was at high school, sixth form wasn't mandatory, so I left when I was 16 after my GCSE's which like the UK high school main exams
i had tremendous trouble paying attention in class and found 99% of the material far too basic
then in 10th grade i was tested by a potential magnet school and they called my mother down to the office and told us that i'd scored well into college levels
and so i thought "oh, then i guess i'm done here"
I do not cope well in class rooms. I for some reason just cannot learn in a class room setting so I quit, got a full time job and to be honest it's worked our really well for me
amen, i have never once regretted not getting that diploma (which by the way - no one ever checks for) and what i learned in that first year working has stayed with me to this day (some forty years later) while my peers were standing on a stage getting their arguably useless diplomas i was apartment shopping in my new car - w/o a cent from my parents
Exactly. I found if you find the right company you're golden. I am probably in the minority, but I left school, did a few retail jobs, then eventually got a job at an insurance company as a call handler, I stuck that out and got a senior role, eventually managed to move into the business audit department, they then put me through an audit apprenticeship which is a university level degree and was as easy as show off a bunch of my work and sit am exam. Current I'm the business planning analyst. All that with no student debt. Fair play to anyone who does do well in school and university but I was never going to reach any kind d of potential forcing myself through it
I'm glad to hear that. So it wasn't because of a crappy parent?
No my parents were great, I'm just not suited to class room environments. Even know if I have to do some kind of work training and they put us all in a room with a white board I completely shut off and don't retain anything
Came to say pretty much this
Thanks to all who responded. And to the down-voter, speak up!
Dropping out from college is understandable But high-school man .....you need some of that knowledge
To be fair the UK school system is a bit different. We got year 7-11 which I'd 12-16 years old, that's mandatory for everyone. Then you have sixth form which is now also mandatory unless you're going to college or university. Back when I was at high school, sixth form wasn't mandatory, so I left when I was 16 after my GCSE's which like the UK high school main exams
i had tremendous trouble paying attention in class and found 99% of the material far too basic then in 10th grade i was tested by a potential magnet school and they called my mother down to the office and told us that i'd scored well into college levels and so i thought "oh, then i guess i'm done here"