Summary: <p>When I was at school I always tried my best and learnt what engaged me. The education system in the UK seems focused more on stats, success rates and jumping through hoops for schools rather than the understand a student has for the real world. Near the end of my main stream educational journey I lost my dad and with it my motivation to learn within a paint by numbers system. Very soon after a poor showing in my A levels I was invite to leave the Sixth Form college and I went on to find a job.</p> <p>It was only then that I realised how ill prepared school had made me for real life. The education system is great for the foundations of reading, writing, math, science, world history and giving you the tools understand how best you learn but for real life like money, taxes, mental health, negotiation, sales, motivation and more... it was severely lacking.</p> <p>Over the last 12/13 years I have been out of the educational bubble I have learnt so much more from living, trying and failing at life than I ever did jumping through the hoops that put in front of you at school. Now don't get me wrong, the educational system has its place. Some jobs NEED higher education for you to be able to enter the work force such as Teachers, Doctors, Science, technology and more but you should never seen it as a 100% blind lock that education = success because it doesn't.</p> <p>I failed my GCSE IT lessons through sheer boredom, I got an E in A Level IT - and yet I pay my bills and earn an okay wage from my skills learnt after school in Web Development, Social Media and Digital Media Consulting. You don't always have to mortgage your life to higher education in the hope of great life in the future.</p> <p>
