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Should I do it?

by SamstaUK
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I'm currently struggling through my second year doing A-levels, after performing really terribly last year. I'm resitting the exams I did last year, but I just can't learn anything new, it's too much stuff for one person to know, I'm not going to pass my exams this year either.

Rather than paying ~£80 for resits (which I will probably fail again in), then resitting another year, where even if I do pass and get into university, I will have to pay the tripled fees, should I just drop it all and try and do internet marketing full time?

I'm really competent with computers, would self-studying a cisco course, then getting a job as a network engineer be more realistic?

I'm really screwed and have no idea what I should do with my life
  • Profile picture of the author Don Schenk
    I know I've mentioned a friend of mine on here before. He received his college degree in music - bass, double bass, and during his first few years after college, played with a symphonic orchestra.

    After a couple years he moved to Las Vegas and played bass behind several show groups. Next he moved to Los Angeles and did sound track for Paramount.

    One day, he tired of it all, signed up for a basic accounting course at a junior college, passed it, moved to Ohio, studied for (and passed) the Certified Public Accountant test on his own and became a CPA.

    Four years later, he tired of that and taught himself computer networking. He quit the accounting business, and became an IT.

    A couple more years, and he changed again, becoming a self-employed, high-level expert in banking and financial software. With each change, his income increased. Today he is trying to figure out what he wants to be "when he grows up," and is willing to try something new again. BTW: he is in his early 60s.

    Most people change careers multiple times. It is normal today. Another friend of ours was a chemist - PhD level. He decided to go to law school and became an attorney.

    Over the past 40+ years, I've always been self-employed and owned a half-dozen businesses, all in different fields. You can do that too. You don't need to decide now what it is you will do for the next 40 or 60 years.

    What college does is teach people how to study, and learn - important skills throughout life. I started out as a physics major, but couldn't handle the math. So, I switched to something better suited to me. Then proceeded to never work in my field of study.

    The point again is, attending college shows a willingness on your part to study and learn. This will be ever sooooo valuable whether you become self-employed or wind up working for others.

    If you are having trouble, maybe it's time to switch your course of study to something you will enjoy more.

    :-Don
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    • Profile picture of the author pickthat apple
      Hi SamstaUK,
      I would not go ahead with anything that you are struggling with, simply because you would not please yourself nor anybody else by doing so.
      On top of that, you would be joining the army of under performing students which in a few years will apply for a university placement, only to fail the university entry test. Many universities in fact have decided to have a test in place, because the level of knowledge of the applicants is so low.
      Maybe it would be a good idea to see a career advisor in order to get some advice.
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