Why do most jobs require GCSE or equivalent?

[nickinickers]

I find this quite soul destroying as someone with no education or ability to learn.
I would be so good at so many jobs but because I’m academically challenged I can’t even apply.
AIBU to think this is so unnecessary and cruel?

Given that you're already supported by your DH is there any need to work? You've raised all your children well enough. Given you've tried stuff before and it's not worked out maybe for the economy it'd be best you didn't look for employment.

Nope, you're wrong.

I sat my computer based theory test in late 1999 and sat my driving test in May 2000.

So you couldn't have obtained a driving licence after 1996 without completing the theory test.

People used to pay someone else to sit the theory test for them, I know someone who did this, not sure if you could’ve done that in 2000? I don’t remember sitting the theory test but o must have done because I passed in 2001.

I think you might have a learning disability, could you contact your local disability centre or maybe the GP can refer you for assessment.

a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills (impaired intelligence), with a reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning), which started before adulthood.
A learning disability is different for everyone. The degree of disability can vary greatly, being classified as mild, moderate, severe or profound. In all cases, a learning disability is a lifelong condition and cannot be cured.
A learning disability is different to a learning difficulty, which is a reduced ability for a specific form of learning and includes conditions such as dyslexia (reading), dyspraxia (affecting physical co-ordination) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A person with a learning disability may also have one or more learning difficulties.
Additionally, there are a number of conditions and neurological disorders that often involve or cause some type of learning disability, including Down’s syndrome, autism, meningitis, epilepsy or cerebral palsy.
A learning disability is not a physical disability

pasted from NHS

@nickinickers

https://www.nhs.uk/social-care-and-support/help-from-social-services-and-charities/getting-a-needs-assessment/

l nearly used the term learning disability in my earlier post. With all the updates, I think there is far more than specific learning difficulties going on. This is why I said that @nickinickers was almost certainly failed by her school and might well have fared better in a special school. I agree with you.

Nope , 1996. Not 2000. It’s relevant to the thread because you insist you’re incapable of learning and incapable of passing tests and yet you must have both learned to drive and learned how to pass the theory test as well as the practical test.

Also if you passed in 1999 and are currently 42 then you must have turned 17 after early October 1999 and yet learned and passed before end-December. Quick learning!

The theory test started in 1996 so the OP must have been 13 when she passed her test if she didn't take it . I have reported this thread for the 2nd time .

I know that - I pointed it out as soon as she said it. But I’m making other points too.

@Missmarplesknittingbuddy I have reported this thread twice as well. All I've got from MNHQ is 'we'll take a look' but they don't appear to be reading the inconsistencies that are here from the OP.

I'm 100% in favour of helping the OP if they are genuine, but it does seem odd that someone who has told us how she 'fails' so much in everything passed her driving test at 17 and also passed the theory test (but can't remember having to do it.)

Being a police officer requires a lot of training and "academic" work, as you need a good knowledge of the law. You could see what the standards are for becoming a PCSO, perhaps.

If you read the whole thread, even that option seems unlikely, although there are questions about the truthfulness of the OP anyway.

I have had a response from MNHQ and I dont think there will / can be any more posts from the OP but they haven't taken the thread down , which i find strange .

They don't like deleting threads.

But giving Op the benefit of the doubt. Lots of people change the details in what they are saying to make it harder for them to be identified.
It doesn't really matter her age, or age of her children or when she sat her driving test.

What matters is her inability to get a job and hold down a job. While questioning WHY employers use school results as a measure of brain power / ability to apply themselves to the role.

@Needspaceforlego It matters that posters have given their time and tried to help on the basis that it was genuine.

So if the dates for the driving test don't add up (in terms of her age) then it raises the question how anything else can be accurate. Especially as it's all about her inability to remember numbers, instructions, etc which a driving theory test includes.

If she just wanted to start a debate on the value of qualifications, which is what you're saying, that's fine but it didn't need to be about herself.

Oh, interesting. I'll check and see if I've had the same.

Hopefully, there may be other posters reading who are in the same situation genuinely and find the info included helpful.

I could be she is genuine but older than she made out.
Or shes paid someone to sit her theory test which nobody is going to admit online.
Her age and that of her children don't really matter.

The point is shes got some sort or memory issues, has been a SAHP and is now struggling to get back into work.

Read the post by a poster just before mine@Needspaceforlego

I have had a response from MNHQ and I dont think there will / can be any more posts from the OP but they haven't taken the thread down , which i find strange .

That to me says she's been banned and the thread is being left because it contains links to info that others may find helpful.

Our local FE college has courses in "Uniformed public services" at level 1 (needs two Es for entry), level 2 (three Ds) and level 3. They lead onto one another, and you'd do some maths and English alongside. They don't get you into the police or anything, but they provide useful employment skills which might help you move in that sort of direction.