Qualifications leaving school

[HawkMan]

What qualifications did you leave school with and did it help in finding the perfect job .
I left school with nothing and feel i learnt more after leaving then i did in school .
jb

[Pitbull]

zero


i put myself through college for joinery and now have my own company.If you dont learn more after leaving school there must be something wrong with you..:lol:

[BrianM]

i left with 6 o levels , and ive never shown anybody my certificate, i finished school on the wednesday and started my apprentiship on the thursday,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i now own the business

[Jackson]

3 As at GCSE, one B and Cs and Ds!:supz:

doing Alevels at the mo!!!

but have learnt more in at the centre and being in the sport than i ever learnt at school!!!

[HawkMan]

I think alot of people have it drummed in to them ,that if you dont do good at school your a loser for life ,i had a very severe stutter through school and the teachers them days didnt have a clue how to help me ,id be put in the corner drawing pictures ,I left school and started on a ymca course in the late 80s doing general building ,i then found a labourers job doing industrial roofing ,i couldnt speak so got me head down and did me graft in the end i had 10 men working under me now im the boss ,lol
Nothing like dedication ,he he
Forest gump eat ya heart out ,lol
Jb

[Harris]

I think alot of people have it drummed in to them ,that if you dont do good at school your a loser for life ,i had a very severe stutter through school and the teachers them days didnt have a clue how to help me ,id be put in the corner drawing pictures ,I left school and started on a ymca course in the late 80s doing general building ,i then found a labourers job doing industrial roofing ,i couldnt speak so got me head down and did me graft in the end i had 10 men working under me now im the boss ,lol
Nothing like dedication ,he he
Forest gump eat ya heart out ,lol
Jb

Good for you Johnny 8-)

I left school with 8 O levels, did a Carpentry apprentiship, then joined the Army for 6 years, left after the first Gulf war, then had a few 2 bit jobs, before starting a hand made pine furniture company, then retrained as an IT Systems Engineer and started my own Company as an IT Consultant, my O levels haven't really helped, although if hadn't have had them, I couldn't have gone to colledge and the Carpentry, so I guess they did in the long run :rolleyes:

[Pitbull]

Good for you Johnny 8-)

I left school with 8 O levels, did a Carpentry apprentiship, then joined the Army for 6 years, left after the first Gulf war, then had a few 2 bit jobs, before starting a hand made pine furniture company, then retrained as an IT Systems Engineer and started my own Company as an IT Consultant, my O levels haven't really helped, although if hadn't have had them, I couldn't have gone to colledge and the Carpentry, so I guess they did in the long run :rolleyes:

the army wouldnt accept me cause i wanted to be infantry so i could kill people

[HawkMan]

It some cases is does help i think in general building or some practical jobs its not essential ,i was,nt daft at school its just i didnt get the help i needed .
I feel ive had to work harder then a fluent speaker but nothing like hard work .
Cheers
jb

[Harris]

the army wouldnt accept me cause i wanted to be infantry so i could kill people

PMSL I remember when I first visited the Job centre after leaving the Army, the woman asked me what was I trained to do? you should have seen the look on her face when I said "Kill people" :lol:

I was in a Tank regt, trained as a communications specialist and photographer.:supz:

[HawkMan]

I took the test for the marines at 21 ,i passed the test but the medical i failed through my speech ,
They lost a good soldier ,lol
Jb

[GregMik]

Spent two yrs in college, didn't learn much besides how to play pool. Always had a job in the summer as a carpenter. Spent 4 yrs in the US Navy, got married. When I got out of the Navy had to take care of the wife and her three kids, not Tasha. So I went back into carpentry and now have my own company.

Greg

[Harris]

I took the test for the marines at 21 ,i passed the test but the medical i failed through my speech ,
They lost a good soldier ,lol
Jb

thier loss JB, they are the ones with the problem m8 not you! It really p****s me off that ppl are judged by outward appearence!:twisted:

[HawkMan]

Its ****ed me off twatting a few people aswell ,lol
Jb

[HawkGirl]

This might sound really sexist, but i think academic education is generally less important for men than women, as they often leave school, learn a trade and earn a good living in that trade, (often more so than your white collar, educated man). I am speaking generally...women rarely take up trades such as roofing, plumbing etc...
I myself always wanted to be a vet. I was pretty clever in school but despite this a lot of people tried to discourage me because of how difficult it was. I think this was wrong of them, but perhaps i was too easily discouraged. I ended up working as a lab technician for seven years, which i enjoyed, but left to bring up our kids. I now work in their school as a teaching assistant and am back at college, which is perfect for me!:lol:

[HawkMan]

If only you would of been a vet ,lol
Jb
Im getting a beating 2nite ,lol

[HawkGirl]

If only you would of been a vet ,lol
Jb
Im getting a beating 2nite ,lol

You'd have been castrated in your sleep by now love......:twisted:

[Harris]

ooohhh I love a good domestic! :lol:

[GregMik]

PICS!!!! I want to see pics on Johny gettin beat!!! :lol: :supz:

Greg

[HawkGirl]

i'll see what i can do!!:supz: lol

[HawkMan]

Dont get her going lads ,im in for it now she,s in the next room .
As the lord give outh .
jb

[Shannor]

I left with a whole load of GCSEs and a GNVQ. GCSE English, French, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Religious Education, and a GNVQ in Engineering.

None of those have helped me find a job. I got my job by being in the right place, at the right time, in the right costume, and being willing to work for cheap.

[The Ninja]

6 'O' Grades & a City & Guilds.
The City & Guilds helped me in the early days but then after a career switch became pretty useless.

:yawinkle:

[LongVVing]

left with 8 O'levels (7 A's and a B), 3 A'levels 2 A's and a B. Wanted to be a marine biologist ended up doing government work for the military???? Still not sure what happened!

[Tim Laycock]

Left school with seven GCSEs, Spent five years in further education than did night school for three years and then various residential job related courses to date.

Didnt stop me being made redundant last month :rolleyes:

The result.......Overqualified for 99% of the jobs I go for and grossly underqualified for the other 1% :confused:

What a crock of ****! :roll:

[Fawkes]

This is definately not morale building! I have a whole year of university left!
Hopefully it gets me somewhere in the end..

[Ben C]

Well I am going to have to go into the other camp folks.......(as per usual :supz: )

I loved school...still do. Had my fair share of idiot teachers but then again thats life. School is only suitable for a percentage of children. We are forced by law to send kids into rooms, to spend time learning a lesson totally un-suitable for their temprement. I got 7 GCSE's and three different degrees, I shall do a Phd in the next 5 years just for a laugh.

What I will say though is that learning a trade on an apprentiship scheme takes as much effort and dedication as going to university. But just a different result at the end.

[Jastreb]

Msc in the Faculty of Forestry in Zagreb, and I am doing my PhD at the moment on Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management on the same Faculty-PARTRIDGES ARE MY MAIN GOAL :wink: and a bit of BoP and Falconry :wink:
Cheers Viktor

[GaryPCO]

i once had a school report with big red writin on who is Gary ...........on it hated school never went,didnt do me no justice i practically bullyed the dole office to get the pest control qualifications i wanted,having spent 7 yrs on the dole doin various cash jobs on the way now four years on i love my job and choses career wouldnt change a thing tho school only got in the way of more important things i needed to do like hunting and fishing lol.....

[HawkMan]

Left school with seven GCSEs, Spent five years in further education than did night school for three years and then various residential job related courses to date.

Didnt stop me being made redundant last month :rolleyes:

The result.......Overqualified for 99% of the jobs I go for and grossly underqualified for the other 1% :confused:

What a crock of ****! :roll:
Your to educated for macdonalds ,
Try burger king ,lol
Ive heard this off many people ,how can anyone be overqualified ,Think they think it could be to much competition ,me thinks ????????
Its a shame it comes to that sometimes .
Jb

[HawkMan]

i once had a school report with big red writin on who is Gary ...........on it hated school never went,didnt do me no justice i practically bullyed the dole office to get the pest control qualifications i wanted,having spent 7 yrs on the dole doin various cash jobs on the way now four years on i love my job and choses career wouldnt change a thing tho school only got in the way of more important things i needed to do like hunting and fishing lol.....
Well done gaz ,it doesnt mean everything school m8 ,i think we nutters just had minds to fast for the teachers ,lol
I was made to draw most of the time as the teachers didnt know how to help me .
Cheers
Jb

[Kevin Massey]

6 "O" levels Maths,Physics,Td,Geography,History,Woodwork...fail ed English:roll:

[Kevin Massey]

also...i left school to work in a saw mills @ 15 y/o....went back to do exams....£45 a week i was loaded:supz:

[HawkMan]

Whip marks i left school with ,
I worked from the age of 8 selling spuds and doing a milk round ,paper round and so on ,
I had no father so just wanted to buy my own clothes as me mother had 6 of us ,5 sisters was hell ,lol
Jb

[QuickDraw]

Left school with crappy grades, re-sat later on, went on to university, Bsc in Marine Biology, got a first, went on to do a Phd in Marine Cryptoecology, then lived in eqypt (Red Sea areas) for 7 years and dived all over the world. Returned to UK, got married, stated nursing Degree, now doing Masters in Advanced Nursing. So all those teachers that said on my school reports that 'Dawn needs to work harder and apply herself more', I'd say job done!!

[Harris]

Left school with crappy grades, re-sat later on, went on to university, Bsc in Marine Biology, got a first, went on to do a Phd in Marine Cryptoecology, then lived in eqypt (Red Sea areas) for 7 years and dived all over the world. Returned to UK, got married, stated nursing Degree, now doing Masters in Advanced Nursing. So all those teachers that said on my school reports that 'Dawn needs to work harder and apply herself more', I'd say job done!!

Hi Dawn, I have dived all over the Red sea, we go twice a year, am looking forward to our next trip in a couple of months, Will be doing my Divemaster this time and Asst Instructors.:lol:

[HawkMan]

Left school with crappy grades, re-sat later on, went on to university, Bsc in Marine Biology, got a first, went on to do a Phd in Marine Cryptoecology, then lived in eqypt (Red Sea areas) for 7 years and dived all over the world. Returned to UK, got married, stated nursing Degree, now doing Masters in Advanced Nursing. So all those teachers that said on my school reports that 'Dawn needs to work harder and apply herself more', I'd say job done!!
Well done dawn ,i bet you could tell us some stories ,
All the best
jb

[Yarak1]

I cant remember off the top of my head, but got enough gcse's for college, did four years animal management, and then got a job in a zoo, for a few months, and then a pub! :supz: Now part-time at a falconry centre. Also just got back from three months in Africa, saw some fantastic sights, like wild tawny eagle, black eagle, whalbergs eagle, Brown snake, gynogenes, Dark chanting goshawks, even saw a Pel's Fishing Owl, to name but a few. So in the long run, my school qualifications havent helped, where as my experiences since leaving has.

This concludes todays lesson
:) :) :)

[HawkMan]

You must of had a cracking time ,Id love to go on safari but not yet as our kids are to young ,did you take any photos ,would you share them with us id love to see them .
All the best
Jb

[Big JoeJoe]

. Had a deaf left ear which hindered me through primary and Junior school so had little reading or writing skills. Hated from the day one my senior school so elected to spend my time ferreting and taking my lurcher bitch I had at the time out rabbiting I officially left school at 16 with no qualifications. I worked on doors and in the construction game until wanted to get out so I got educated at 35 took 5years to get my qualifications, Basic English, basic maths, Access to Higher Education Cert, BA Hons, PGCE.

I do not think school helped me but I did not help myself and did not want to learn. But did not do that bad as I have always had a good street head on me lol,

I believe qualifications are necessary currently and I try to teach this principle in all my students. However, at the end of the day it is up to, them to put the effort in I can educate but they have to do it.

Cheers BJJ

[HawkMan]

Joe your a credit for what youve done m8 ,and i for 1 take my hat of to you m8 .
We all make mistakes and i feel this is a part of learning process,some people learn and change there ways and others dont ,
I for 1 have found my life and goals and its in my family work and hobbies .
Im just saying that some kids who dont do well in school is not the end of the line ,most need stability which they have never found in there home life .
I for 1 felt an outcast with having a speach impediment ,as teachers 25 years ago didnt have a clue how to handle or treat it ,in todays schooling there,s so much help and support .
Take care
all the best
Jb

[Wilfred]

I studied Business Administration at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before that also some long studying road to get there. During the studies at Erasmus University i also went on some exchange for some 4 months or so to study in Prague (Czech Republic) at the University of Economics there. That was fun. After completing the Business Administration at Erasmus, not that late after, i visited some excellent professor at the University telling him i wanted to start some PhD research. By now i got to know some excellent professors, read a lot of texts and books of excellent intellectuals, and am about to complete my Phd. Which is in the field of management and economics with quite big reliance on philosophy to get it top quality.

[Big JoeJoe]

Joe your a credit for what youve done m8 ,and i for 1 take my hat of to you m8 .
We all make mistakes and i feel this is a part of learning process,some people learn and change there ways and others dont ,
I for 1 have found my life and goals and its in my family work and hobbies .
Im just saying that some kids who dont do well in school is not the end of he line ,most need stability which they have never found in there home life .
I for 1 felt an outcast with having a speach impediment ,as teachers 25 years ago didnt have a clue how to handle or treat it ,in todays scooling there,s so much help and support .
Take care
all the best
Jb

John you have done really well mate with your work family and hobbies. Your right about the teachers from yesteryear especially in a secondary modern schools lol what a laugh mine was because I was graded as a dumb twat they put me at the back of the class which made things worse because I could not hear so usually got the cane. So thought **** that I going rabbiting lol I glad that a lot of educational attitudes have changed some have not changed and need to be if kids are to stand a chance.

Cheers Joe

[As The Falcon Her Bells]

I took the test for the marines at 21 ,i passed the test but the medical i failed through my speech ,
They lost a good soldier ,lol
Jb

I went to apply to do the militry (dog handler for K9 in sweden) and got admitted, then they changed their mind, they had missed out my hard of hearing so I failed because my hearing was below the accepted!!
I appealed twice, but there was no chanse.............:-x:evil:

[Venividevenatio]

Reading through these replies, the old adage seems to be true. Education is not all about what you have on paper at the end. Its about a more rounded knowledge and person. The educated person does not necessarily know about any subject, but they DO know how, and where to find out about it!
Having said that, any youngsters reading this still need to show on paper that have a rounded education! Those academic qualifications are important as a 'fall back' when your dream occupation that requires none, fails to happen!
Oh well,back to my speelyng and 7times table!

[HawkMan]

My children are excellent in school and thats the way me and my wife want it ,they never have time off and always do there home work .
My wifes clever academically ,she,s training to be a teacher, if i had the help when i was a lad id of been educated to a high standard .
Id say 50 % of the millionaires these days left school at 14 ,knowing the streets and people helps aswell .
Its just ashame some companies can say people are over qualified ,makes me pretty sick really .and visa versa ,under qualified ?
Anyways
All the best
Jb

[Harris]

Fair play Joe, Hats off to you mate!:supz:

Further to my first post on this thread, I have now decided to pack in the IT Consultancy, and do a job that I will get much more pleasure from, with less stress. so I have just enroled on a 2 year BTEC HND Countryside Management course, starting in December, and hopefully go on to be either an Estate Manager or Countryside Ranger, Woodland/Habitat Conservationist or even a Gamekeeper! Has got to be better than working for a living!! :yawinkle:

[HawkMan]

I wish you all the best m8 .
Its good to work doing something you love go for your dream m8 .
Can i fly on your land please when you do ,lol
Your best m8
Johnny and half the forum ,he he

[Harris]

I wish you all the best m8 .
Its good to work doing something you love go for your dream m8 .
Can i fly on your land please when you do ,lol
Your best m8
Johnny and half the forum ,he he

PMSL:lol: I can see it now, me being a gamekeeper, chasing you lot shouting gerrrrr ooofff my laaaand with my stick in the air!! :lol:

[HawkMan]

We,ll Just all jump you and tie you up ,lol
All the best
Jb

[GaryPCO]

Well done gaz ,it doesnt mean everything school m8 ,i think we nutters just had minds to fast for the teachers ,lol
I was made to draw most of the time as the teachers didnt know how to help me .
Cheers
Jb
exactly m8,i take my hat off to you,you have a wonderful wife cracking children what more could a man need,was great to meet you the other day.just live life the way you do,its a better life than most will ever experience!!!!:cool:

[HawkMan]

I can do you some good bill boards m8 ,lol
Jb
Take care thanks m8
Jb

[Big JoeJoe]

exactly m8,i take my hat off to you,you have a wonderful wife cracking children what more could a man need,was great to meet you the other day.just live life the way you do,its a better life than most will ever experience!!!!:cool:

This is an excellent staement gaz. I am going to give you a certificate of great knowledge and present it to you next time we meet. Well Done, lol

[Gordon]

well i never went to school, spent my childhood in a kids home and i loved it, at 16 i had **** in the way of edumacation, im now 43 and i have city guilds in bricklaying , plastering , sheet metal fabrication and welding, nvq level 3 car re-finishesing and spraying, nvq in pottery and art, city and guilds in heath and safety, im self taught in machanics and build powerfull motors, ive built my own house and as a hobby i build trikes, trailers ,kite buggies,, i do my own electric , plumbing, i lost my arm 14 years ago and it has'nt changed a thing sep it feels like someone else is doing it for me,im presently restoring a 1959 albion nimbus, making a camper out of a merc 407 p/van, building a 750 trike and of corse building more aviarys, i walk the dogs every day for an hour, o yeh and ive got an hgv1, no bullshit

[HawkMan]

Gordon you,ve done really good m8 ,even though you have a disability .
I think children at school who dont do good ,should have the choice to work ,either in work experience or a full time job as an apprentice ,if this was the case id of jumped at the chance .
We was talking about it in work today and thought id say on here .
Thanks
Jb

[Hells99]

well i never went to school, spent my childhood in a kids home and i loved it, at 16 i had **** in the way of edumacation, im now 43 and i have city guilds in bricklaying , plastering , sheet metal fabrication and welding, nvq level 3 car re-finishesing and spraying, nvq in pottery and art, city and guilds in heath and safety, im self taught in machanics and build powerfull motors, ive built my own house and as a hobby i build trikes, trailers ,kite buggies,, i do my own electric , plumbing, i lost my arm 14 years ago and it has'nt changed a thing sep it feels like someone else is doing it for me,im presently restoring a 1959 albion nimbus, making a camper out of a merc 407 p/van, building a 750 trike and of corse building more aviarys, i walk the dogs every day for an hour, o yeh and ive got an hgv1, no bullshit
holy ha-ha mate! Talk about joat! What can't you do?

I left school with 5 o levels and the did a HND and am still not as multi-skilled as I would like to be :lol:

[Claire]

I left school with 5 c+ gcse's enough to do the college course I wanted to do although I didn't finish college, got engaged and pregnant at 19 but things didn't work out and I have been a single mum since she was born, I'm now doing a degree with the open university in life sciences, its tough going at times as if you have problems there's no-one to ask. but I should have a degree and be working when little one is big enough to look after herself a bit.

[Degadar]

Good on you Claire - I did about the same as you, left school half way through a-levels to get a job, and then did an OU degree in psychology about 15 years later. OU is hard work but it's worth it. Use all the support they have on offer and camp on your tutor's doorstep.

It will be worth all the hard work.

Deg.


I left school with 5 c+ gcse's enough to do the college course I wanted to do although I didn't finish college, got engaged and pregnant at 19 but things didn't work out and I have been a single mum since she was born, I'm now doing a degree with the open university in life sciences, its tough going at times as if you have problems there's no-one to ask. but I should have a degree and be working when little one is big enough to look after herself a bit.

[Bernard]

left school when i was 15 no qualifications just wanted to fly my birds even took one to school and flew it at break time never got in trouble for it teachers loved it. got really lucky when i left school got a job with phillip glassier and james robertson justice as aprentice under falconer working under phillip they where the best times of my life. after james robertson died had to find something else lot of dead end jobs so decided to go to uni as mature student i am now a surveyor work about 4 hours a day plenty of time to fly birds take them to work with me as i travel all over country great job but nothing can beat my first few years really miss them

[BlackHawke]

i left school with one GCSE in maths n not much else. started a YTS fixing cash registers and scales went to college got a couple of qualifications then moved into computers.

then i gave all that up about 10 years ago and run a little corner shop for £120 for 60 hours a week. could do wot i wanted and spent most of my time on the pc. but it was soo boring!!

now i'm just about to finish my learning disability nurse training. university is complete ***** they dont teach you owt, but the student life is great. especially for me coz i'm on a full wage not a bursery. lots of drinking pennys!!!!!!

at the end of the day i will have a professional qualification and my missus will still earn more than me

[DeathFromAbove]

left school with 8 gcse's c and above, went straight into working, did a computer course to nvq level 2 then a few years later went to college to study carpentry and joinery for a few years, left a year before i was qualified to teach it. set up my own celtic furniture business and now working in the family business also.

[BlackHawke]

oh i forgot i gotta an NVQ 3 that was a load of old ***** aswell!! the only thing i know is i'm not gonna spend the rest of my working life communting hours on end or pegging it coz i get to stressed!! lifes to short gonna enjoy life

[Loopy]

I have 11 GCSE's 4 A-levels and a BSc (hons) degree............... I have spent the past couple of years working in a shop!!!!!!!! However I have finally been offered a job I want and would not have stood a chance at it without my education. I disliked school but loved college and university.

[Paul Olivier]

Good for you Johnny 8-)

I left school with 8 O levels, did a Carpentry apprentiship, then joined the Army for 6 years, left after the first Gulf war, then had a few 2 bit jobs, before starting a hand made pine furniture company, then retrained as an IT Systems Engineer and started my own Company as an IT Consultant, my O levels haven't really helped, although if hadn't have had them, I couldn't have gone to colledge and the Carpentry, so I guess they did in the long run :rolleyes:

just interested as to how you got into the IT systems game, i am an electronics technician and looking for a career move, what courses did you have to do? the amount of offshoring thats going on in the electronics game it might be sooner rather than later i have to make a move, my company is already sending things to china for assembly.
Paul

[BrianM]

I have 11 GCSE's 4 A-levels and a BSc (hons) degree............... I have spent the past couple of years working in a shop!!!!!!!! However I have finally been offered a job I want and would not have stood a chance at it without my education. I disliked school but loved college and university.

how did such an educated woman end up with ben , lol

[BlackHawke]

how did such an educated woman end up with ben , lol

thats exactly wot i was thinking!!!:supz:

great minds eh brian!!???:rolleyes:

shes a dam site better looking aswell!!:roll: :lol:

[Tim Laycock]

I have asked myself this also :rolleyes:

Must be his animal magnetisim :shock: :lol:

[Big JoeJoe]

I have asked myself this also :rolleyes:

Must be his animal magnetisim :shock: :lol:

Again your dead right Tim it is his animal magnatisim, how could anyone resist Ben lol

[BlackHawke]

ROPMSL brilliant pic of the illustrius teacher you got his good side to!!!!lol

Scary Bugger aint he!

weren't that just after he'd tried to haveing it away with my dog!!:rolleyes: :)

[Big JoeJoe]

ROPMSL brilliant pic of the illustrius teacher you got his good side to!!!!lol

Scary Bugger aint he!

weren't that just after he'd tried to haveing it away with my dog!!:rolleyes: :)

PMSL No BH this is the Pic I took after he tried it on with the dog lol he got very angry when it turned him down as the Pic shows lol

[Tim Laycock]

Those pictures capture the essence of Mr Crane beautifully 8-) :lol:

And this is a man that writes for the countrymans weekly :rolleyes: :supz:

[MickeyDredd]

how did such an educated woman end up with ben , lol

There is a saying up here Brian as you will probably know :

"When the drinks in the wits oot" ;-)

[Loopy]

There is a saying up here Brian as you will probably know :

"When the drinks in the wits oot" ;-)


I am ashamed to admit that there is some truth to this.......... you may have noticed that I have learnt my lesson and don't get hammered and wander off with random chaps anymore.
Very fond of you really Ben!

[MickeyDredd]

I am ashamed to admit that there is some truth to this..........

Lucy

It had to be drink or some other intoxicant, there's no way he could possibly have pulled you otherwise ;) :lol:

ps I'm rather fond of you too Ben ;) :lol:

[Loopy]

ps I'm rather fond of you too Ben ;) :lol:

I know you love him Mickey............... after all you are waltzing off for a dirty weekend together!

[Ben C]

Well well a secret fan club.....I will sign some pairs of pants and post them forthwith.:yawinkle: :yawinkle: :yawinkle: (yes with skids in)