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[tart]

Well soon i'm finishing my GCSEs and my mum and dad are expecting me to do A-levels however i'm actually sick and tired of school I just wanna get out there and find myself in the world.


will not doing a-levels effect my chances of a job that much?
and I feel bad not doing a-levels as my mum and dad will be dissapointed


i need help please thanks (:

[JackBuddy]

It depends what you want to do, you can allways be an apprentice.

[CHA!NGANG]

Yes what Jack said. If you have good GCSE results, then you should be OK. However, if you don't then, it might be tricky to get a job without A-Levels.

[L?KE]

Yeah if you are aiming for a high paid job, then a-levels would almost certainly be necessary.

As said it all depends on what you want to do.

[,Jess,]

After you finish your GCSEs you get quite a long break anyway and you can do college courses and that at any time, you don't have to go straight away. Just it might be easier to get it over and done with :P.

If you went to college it is genrally a lot more relaxed and depending on the amount of courses you do you get a lot more free time. It's a bit more "schooly" in 6th forms though.

Just do what you want to do though, there's no point forcing yourself through college and not enjoying it. You can still get a good job just you are a lot more limited in what you can do in the future.

[Stacey.]

It depends on what you want to do, don't be forced into doing something when you could be getting a job etc.
Although college is very different than school, you are seen as more independent and its very relaxed.
Give it a go, you could always drop out after a month or so.

[JackBuddy]

Loads of jobs don't need A levels. Most of our parents generation didn't get them, they got jobs OK.

In my eyes, getting jobs is down to personality and not grades.

[alexxxxx]

Loads of jobs don't need A levels. Most of our parents generation didn't get them, they got jobs OK.

In my eyes, getting jobs is down to personality and not grades.

Well, depends what kind of job you want to do. But if you want a job and someone has A-Levels and has a great persoanlity, they're going to be pickled over someone that hasn't.

[Zuar]

You should stay and get a-levels,
yet as everyone has said it depends what you want to do in life, yet if you have a-levels it will be an advantage when getting a job anyway.

[tart]

well i'm ,expected A's in all subjects (tho I probs won't get an A in all) in total over the 2 years you can achieve 9 GCSES so yeah.

As long as I get through life with a bit of money i really don't care what job I do as long as it's not like sweeping the floors of london etctec

[Barmi]

well i'm ,expected A's in all subjects (tho I probs won't get an A in all) in total over the 2 years you can achieve 9 GCSES so yeah.

As long as I get through life with a bit of money i really don't care what job I do as long as it's not like sweeping the floors of london etctec
It is worth taking the extra two years to get some A-levels. It's not too bad either, especially if you choose subjects you enjoy.

[JackBuddy]

College is so much better than school. There is more freedom and you get treated like adults.

[Frodo13.]

If your predicted A's and you just finish your education, then it will have been such a waste of time going to school at all.

[:Edzy]

I'd carry on, unless you're prepared to devote half of your life to a company and get promoted and promoted. good luck to you.

[FunerealSerap]

My own PERSONAL opinion;

Stay on. I left school 2 years ago with good GCSE results and so far I've had a 4-month job in Tescos, and am now on my second day of studying for my SVQ Level 2 in Administration, and it's balls. If there's one thing I wish I hadn't done in my life, it would be leaving school. I was so sick and tired of being bullied that I left and now I wish I'd stood my ground and stayed on and got my Highers (A levels) because, albeit someone said "I believe jobs should be based on personality, not grades", that is the exact opposite of the way employers think. You need paper and certificates to do well in life, and simply having good GCSE results isn't good enough.

HOWEVER.

From your point of view now;

If you want to leave school, leave. Sure your parents will be disappointed, but they can't MAKE you do it, it's not their choice. If you feel it'll simply be a waste of your time and energy and just delay you in life, and that you want to get into the big bad world of work and earn money, you do that. I will tell you, it is NOT an easy ride, but it may just pay off in the end. There's always the option of college there too.

Good luck.