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Did anyone sort their life out after wasting education?

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mid20scrisis · 14/09/2018 09:40

Just that really, did well in my GCSES with my lowest grade being my only bad one which was a D in maths. Went to college to do a-levels and resit GCSE maths, got in with a very different group of friends than when I was in school and wasted 3 years smoking weed. Went back every year enrolling on to a different course, within 2 months I'd of dropped out but would still get the bus the 40 minute journey each way to meet said mates and get high.

No idea what they all do now, thankfully I had good GCSEs to fall back on and I currently work as an administrative officer for the civil service, so I'm not doing badly and DH & I do own our own home and we are fortunate, we're currently ttc too and have been for over a year with no luck.

This morning I just kind of scrolled through my old Facebook account and saw what all my school friends were doing, and they are all smashing it. Doctors, nurses, teachers, engineers.. and I'm here at 25 desperately trying for a baby and working in admin? Normally I'm not ashamed of that but this morning I just have this feeling I'm wasting my life.

I'd love to be a teacher, I’ve thought that for years but it'd require going back to college and university for years and I'd even need to resit GCSE maths. I just feel in despair.

Did anyone do something similar and go back and sort it out? Hoping this is just a downer and it'll pass and my life I have been so content with won't seem so shit.

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HashTagLil · 14/09/2018 09:44

I left school with no qualifications. 15 years later I did an Access course and then a nursing degree. It is possible to sort this out. Contact your local college for information.

weekendninja · 14/09/2018 09:51

I went to uni after my first DS was born. It's never too late to retrain; plenty of friends have done the same.

I did a PGCE and it was a year of hell. It didn't help that I was a lone parent at the time but it was constant. The stress that you are under is like nothing I have experienced before and is just relentless. It's not child friendly in the slightest. Upon finishing I vowed not to teach and have perused a career in something that requires few qualifications but I love it.

So no, you're never too old. Find out the facts, spend some time in schools, get a good support system around you and be 100% sure.

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