17. No job. No GCSE's. No experience.

WalkeruK said:
Go to college, do maths/english then do a btec in ict, then from there see what kind of field you wish to go into.
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This is pretty sound advice. It's possible to do GCSEs at college while taking a BTEC (or A-Levels for that matter). Best bet would we be to pick up at least GCSEs in English and Maths and do a BTEC in some IT related field. That way you concentrate on your coursework and exams for your GCSEs and don't have to worry about exams for the BTEC as there are none. If you wanted to get adventurous you could chuck in an NVQ of some description.

So in reality you're looking at 2 years from now being nicely qualified.

Not saying this is the only way forward, but it's not a bad move.
 
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Gilbretto said:
I found your cheap dig towards myself unnecessary and very narrow minded.


As for your RAC friend;

'If' he held a directors position within this 'massive' company. He would have no problems finding a new job. What a load of rubbish.
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Well the RAC bit is what happened, trying to find a high paid job without qualifactions proved difficult for him. If you got into uni with 2 GCSE's then it cant be much more than an easy college course at best, what a waste of time and government money. I found Alevels challenging even with my GCSE's. You can look forward to 'graduate' employment of 12k, awesome.
 
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Justintime said:
Get your GCSEs and then maybe some college. You're not old and its not late in the game.
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College isn't for everyone. Some people would be a lot better of just jumping into a job. Although I do agree he should get maths and english gcse even if it's part time evening classes.
 
mglover070588 said:
I was off half of year11 due to an operation, I still got 10GCSE's. Anyone can get GCSE's with some sort of effort.

No GCSE's means you are screwed,as every other person now has them so they arent even considered anything special (and on top of that they are very VERY easy).
GO back to college and get your GCSEs and take it from there.......or all you are good for is an asda till *****.
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For someone who brags about having 10 GCSEs you type like an illiterate and show no manners whatsoever.
 
z0mbi3 said:
For someone who brags about having 10 GCSEs you type like you're illiterate and have the manners of a pig.
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Proving his point, anyone can get half decent GCSEs if they put the work in and don't have extenuating circumstances.
 
z0mbi3 said:
For someone who brags about having 10 GCSEs you type like you're illiterate and have no manners to speak of.
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I got crap grades most were Cs - I was off ill half of year 11, but I blame my laziness for the grades. Students can study at home, and I didnt when I should have.

Zefan said:
Proving his point, anyone can get half decent GCSEs if they put the work in and don't have extenuating circumstances.
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Note the word ANYONE in zefans post.
How people cannot get 5 A-Cs is absolutely rediculus. Just passing maths english and sciences is 5GCSEs!!
 
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mglover070588 said:
Well the RAC bit is what happened. If you got into uni with 2 GCSE's then it cant be much more than an easy college course at best, what a waste of time and government money. I found Alevels challenging even with my GCSE's. You can look forward to 'graduate' employment of 12k, awesome.
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If you bothered to read my previous posts, you would see that i passed a mature access course. Equivalent of 3 A-levels squeezed in to 1 year. Try that for fun :eek:

You would also see that my current 'part time' job pays more than your 12k quoted graduate salary. My occasional web site design jobs also bring in a tidy sum.

Universities are now encouraging mature students to enroll on degree courses, regardless of previous qualifications. They are of course interviewed and vetted to make sure they are suitable.

Why are the universities so keen to take on older & wiser students? Because they achieve more than snotty 18 year old kids with their 10,000 GCSE's.

May i state again, 10 high-grade GCSE's are not the be all and end all. Get yourself English and maths like many others have stated and it will be a good base to work from.

Gil.
 
AcidHell2 said:
People say poor schools. There's very few poor schools. The kids who want and are willing to do well, do well.
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Not as simple mate, if your teacher teaches in a different style you have no choice but to underachieve what you should have got.

I learn by doing, i can't learn any other way, if someone explains something to me or expects me to learn it from a book, doesn't work. I have to be taken through a process and understand why it works to use it, which is why i struggle with just general use of maths. But english, because I have always read a lot of books I find easy. Or science because my teacher wasn't a "book" teacher.

The way I learn is not always practical to teach so while I got fairly decent grades through all my education in the end, a lot was down to luck, I could have done better with the right teacher.
 
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pitchfork said:
I learn by doing, i can't learn any other way, if someone explains something to me or expects me to learn it from a book, doesn't work. I have to be taken through a process and understand why it works to use it, which is why i struggle with just general use of maths.
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All teachers, teach like that. It's the way schools are set up. I'm exactly the same.
 
Zefan said:
Proving his point, anyone can get half decent GCSEs if they put the work in and don't have extenuating circumstances.
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but don't people with extenuating circumstances get special considerations when they're papers are marked? Something along the lines of "this guy got a D but he was ill and would have got a B so lets give him a C". I'm not saying it's exactly that but there are special considerations are there not?
 
pitchfork said:
Not as simple mate, if your teacher teaches in a different style you have no choice but to underachieve what you should have got.

I learn by doing, i can't learn any other way, if someone explains something to me or expects me to learn it from a book, doesn't work. I have to be taken through a process and understand why it works to use it, which is why i struggle with just general use of maths. But english, because I have always read a lot of books I find easy.
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I'm like that, too, so I just used my own time to understand the "why" after teachers explain the "what".
 
z0mbi3 said:
but don't people with extenuating circumstances get special considerations when they're papers are marked? Something along the lines of "this guy got a D but he was ill and would have got a B so lets give him a C". I'm not saying it's exactly that but there are special considerations are there not?
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It depends how pro-active the school is and how much they are willing to help out the student. In my case i recieved next to no support from the school.

Maybe things have changed now. I hope so.
 
Jihad said:
At my College it's 19 when you have to pay.
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Haven't read all 4 pages but I want to point out that this is not the case.

It is... and it isn't lol. Basically because you don't have a level 2 qualification... or a level 1/3 (forget how it goes) you won't have to pay a thing. If anything you will be able to get help with cash should you need it.

At least I do :)
 
z0mbi3 said:
Shame. I suppose had your parents been lining their pockets they'd of moved heaven and earth.
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My mother tried everything possible to help me out. And i am very much thankful for that.

She managed eventually to organise (state funded) private home tuition once a week for a few hours, but sadly it came a bit too late for me.
 
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