It really doesn't, in my experiance.
I was the only one of my friends who left school at 16, there are a couple who left at A-Levels, pretty much everyone else did their uni thing* (most finished).

I'ld say all the ones who left at A-Level and GCSE have jobs they quite like and they get decent pay at our age (25ish), as they have experiance. I'ld say about 1/3 of the Uni people are on amazing pay and jobs, and the other 2/3s are quite a few steps bellow the careea ladder than everyone else.

The uni lot tend to get more interviews when they're looking, but they get less offers, and lower ones.

I really really disagree with Tony Blair's stance that "50% of people in higher education", some people, myself included, just arn't count out for education. It's not that I'm a thicko, it's just I'm better at 'real world' sinarios.



* I don't know what, enough people have tried to explain to me what the different innitials mean, and it still doesn't stick in my head.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 11:48, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

"It's not what you know, but who you know." rings so true in my ..ermmm.. careea.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 11:50, Reply)

On the other hand, i'm a bit of a special case, I can't really do normal hours, or even consistant hours.
And I can't get any benfits money or anything like that.

So I've always had to do my own thing.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 12:16, Reply)

Why not?
Are you one of those illegal immigrants I'm supposed to be worried about?
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 12:20, Reply)

Every time I try, they lose my forms 5 times, or feed me a ton of lines about this and that.
I don't really understand their paper book-work. What I've got is so inconsistant, I could go a couple of weeks without taking a day off, then go a few days where i'ld have to (at least) work from home. Then I have all sorts of doctors appoitments all the time. Then I have treatment every 2 months that knocks me out for at least a week. It's no Little Timmy case, most of my life is great, and loads of it could be far worst.

It seems to me, with benfits, you're eaither working or you're not. I understand this isn't always the case, and some people can get substidised, but (from what I gather) for me to do that, I would have to 'estrange' (or whatever the word is) from my family, and I'm not prepaired to do that eaither.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 12:27, Reply)

Oooh, and the whole "You start learning when you _leave_ [insert education centre of your choice]".

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 12:21, Reply)