It was the view of my school at the time, early nineties.
I royally screwed up my GCSE's, had the humiliation to resit and then do AS level and A levels, I completed but not exactly fantastic. I went to college to learn IT (in 1992 computer education was virtually non-existent). Later, as a mature student, university.
There was a stigma attached with going to college at my school. Nowadays, if I had kids, I would have no hesitation for my children to leave, get an apprenticeship, learn a trade go to college etc.
