Is our whole life centered around qualifcations?

[Immenseman]

For example, is it hard to make something good out of yourself if you don't have any qualifications or dire ones?

[clueless]

nope, considering im a pretty academic person ive chosen a route not based around that and like gone against it even if i get worse qualifications than i could have if i was more focused on them
if that makes sense

my sister and cousin didnt get good qualifications and are both doing amazing

[Black_Apalachi]

I think it's only in the past couple of years that I've realised how many successful people there are in the world with no qualifications. I'm still not exactly sure how, and I imagine it still takes a lot of hard work, but it's kind of lingering in the back of mind as something to fall back on if I have to lol.

[Stryderman]

Imo you dont really need good grades to get the job your after. Aslong as you work hard towards your goal you will get there eventually.

[Robbie]

For example, is it hard to make something good out of yourself if you don't have any qualifications or dire ones?

What would Althusser say? In fact what would our old Functionalist friends say? 'ya need ya quals for role allocation!!'

[Immenseman]

LMAO Robbie, this isn't sociology ;l

Anyway, I think it kinda does and kinda doesn't. You look at those families are comfortable - good jobs, good car, good holidays, good home, they are often well educated and have a degree. Obviously, if you look at the most paid people in our world, football/pop stars etc. You don't need qualifications for this.

However, unless you're exceptional then I think qualifications pretty much rule our lives.

[buttons]

my mum has great qualifications.
my dad doesn't.

all my dad does is clean at oilrigs and he gets paid a ridiculous amount. my mum is a qualified hairdresser/nurse/beautician/teacher (well she was asistant for a while) and she struggled to find a job for ages and took on crap ones just to get paid.

my eldest brother got good grades at school and ended up going on the dole, he has a decent job now but could do way better. my other brother, well .... crap grades, no job says it all really.

so, i don't know :)

[Tash.]

Tricky question really. I used to think that they did, and I strived to get good qualifications thinking it'd help me get a job. You'd think they would, especially at A-Level because you supposedly learn transferrable skills.. however, this doesn't help you very much at all. Sure they show that you do have brains, but unless you have the necessary experience you're pretty much not going to get anywhere. I got my A-Levels, decent enough, and chose not to go to uni thinking I could get a job. Now, after a year and a bit of searching for a full time admin job i've gone backwards and am now doing another qualification that is by definition too easy for me, simply because thats the level of job i'm employed at. So.. with this in mind, no. The qualifications get you here you want to be (uni, college etc) but the experience is what gets you the job in the end.

[Inseriousity.]

What would Althusser say? In fact what would our old Functionalist friends say? 'ya need ya quals for role allocation!!'

marxists ftw... well neo-marxists are better really lol. :D

No, our childhoods are based around qualifications but I doubt they'd have much use in our future life unless you're going to work in a career that requires a PhD or teacher's certificate etc