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Who didn't go to Uni then?
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Cherry | Report | 8 Aug 2006 22:32 |
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These days, the world and its wife can go to Uni! Lost all credence |
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Mags | Report | 8 Aug 2006 22:33 |
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I didn't!!! I work at a local nursery for 3 hours a day for the love of the job and the fact that I know the owner and like her! LOL I also have a cleaning company that is very lucrative so :opppppppppppppp. I am doing vey well and regardless of any degrees feel very satisfied with life!!!! I still wish I had gone to uni though, for the life experience!!! |
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Barbara | Report | 8 Aug 2006 22:41 |
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Dan, if you dont want to go dont worry what other people say, if you're not sure go look at a few, you can always go later, stop worrying................... Barbara..xx |
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Howie | Report | 8 Aug 2006 22:45 |
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Daniel if you have the opportunity to go then do it sadly I didnt but did have a good successful life running my own Garage workshop and no regrets xxx |
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Daniel | Report | 8 Aug 2006 22:50 |
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I wasn't worrying before but now I sort of think...no shut up Dan. What are you saying??? No I'm fine. They aren't going anywhere. I'm using my 'gap years' to try and hack it in the real world. If I can't, then perhaps I may consider uni .I didnt and still dont have any particular interest in regards to courses and I'm not so stupid to randomly pick one and have to pay for it. My family couldn't afford it anyway. |
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Swiss | Report | 8 Aug 2006 22:53 |
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No, I didn't go to UNI. Left a secondary modern school in '64, went to a further education college for 2 years then started work as a shorthand-typist. Found a secretarial position in a hospital after about 9 months and LOVED that. Often fancied being a nurse, but pleased I did secretarial studies because I would never have found a job over here without resitting my nursing exams - in French!!! Things are different now - everyone seems to go to Uni - although I do agree with what has already been said, I can't help feeling that the standards have dropped somewhat. Margaret |
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**chrispy** | Report | 8 Aug 2006 23:20 |
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Glad to read all the success stories of the people who didn't go to uni. My son has just decided to not go. His place is conditional but he has decided to ask to defer going until next year or so he says. I don't think he wants to go at all and he says he is going to get a job to see what the real world is like. I am worried sick about him as he hasn't got a clue what he wants to do in this 'real world 'and jobs do not seem plentiful. I didn't go to uni but went to a teachers trainign college and could have carried on to get a degree but got married instead. I regreted not having a degree and finally did an OU degree. Daniel, you seem pretty focussed and successful with your book. Maybe Uni is not for you. Tough decisions all round Chris x |
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~♥ Daisy ♥~ | Report | 8 Aug 2006 23:27 |
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No didn't go, although I was offered a place at Exeter. One of just a few regrets but out of my hands at the time (if it happened to one of my kids now I'd sue). Went to bi-lingual secretarial college instead (now grandly called Anglia Ruskin University lol) and have actually used the skills I learned. Daisy |
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