I should have seen it coming,I've been hassling him for ages about his UCAS application and have been the one checking Track for his offers etc. (he has 3 good offers so far)
He has always wanted to go in the Army and although he isn't very academic (predicted BBB for Uni after messing up his ASs), he always said he knew he needed to get a degree so that he can go to Sandhurst and train as an officer
He's been in the TA for 10 months and absolutely loves it. He's on a 48 hour exercise this weekend in -2, sleeping outside or rather being woken for sentry duty every 2 hours, eating cold beans out of ration packs, but he will be loving every second of it and depressed when he goes back to school in the morning.
He admitted the other night, when I asked why he never looks on Track and seems uninterested in which Uni to go to, that he really doesn't want to spend another 3 years in academia, he just wants to join up as a squaddie and get deployed as soon as possible.
He realises that his chances of promotion are v limited without a degree and that he'll earn an awful lot less.
How can I persuade him to give Uni a chance, or should I let him make his own decisions?
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mumblechum1 · 09/12/2012 13:44
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