I had mitigating circumstances.
I had a wonderful stepfather that seemed to be intent on dragging me down to his sons' level by insisting that I either get a job at 16 or move out, and was rather abusive to my mother, who was too cowed to argue against it. By the time I got out of his "care" I was already a manager at McD's, but kind of rotted at that level for far too long.

As for actual school qualifications, I got 8 GCSE's in the first year of their implentation, which was far above the normal for my year regardless of schools...
( MrSanity has maybe kicked the WoW habit forever, Fri 3 Feb 2012, 10:06, 2 replies)

That sounds
character building.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 3 Feb 2012, 10:19, closed)

Should have worked harder at school.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 3 Feb 2012, 14:10, closed)

:~)

( MrSanity has maybe kicked the WoW habit forever, Fri 3 Feb 2012, 19:29, closed)