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Old May 14, 2014, 05:31 PM
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Location: UK
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Didn't even finish highschool.
Due to emotional abuse at home, I was out at 15, and in YOI/HMP at 16.
Fell further in with the wrong crowd til 20.
20 own place (finally), started working on personal growth. Pretty much got nowhere and burned out big time, and then was diagnosed with ADHD 6 years later.
2 years later, gonna get diagnosed with C-PTSD etc.

So at 28, now I'm finally awake, as it were (well, I could be sleep typing for all you know :P)
I can start getting to know me, and start trying out career paths. Might, big might, go to college this year, as an immature student, i'll fit right in, I've got a baby face, would be just to get GCSEs, or if can swing it, A levels, in the basic subjects, and hopefully the work will be challenging enough, that I bother to do it, unlike secondary school, then aiming for Uni in 2015.

I've been out of formal education for 13 years (Holy *****), but i've done a lot of my own self study on a range of things. I think the biggest challenge will be the socialising and anxiety, though.

I always said i've never been a big fan of formal education, but to be honest, i've started kind of missing it.

Gonna be an interesting two years

@Zwang: Yeah I know that feeling. "If only he payed more attention in class" "put in a little more effort, he could do great things". I missed half of year 10, and was still in the top class, screw you stuck up math teachers! Had a run in with my Art teacher as well. Which sucked, really loved to draw, paint, design, and look at my handsome self in a mirror whilst doing self portrait, in class, and asking for more time please, i'm just a perfectionist

I'm with Zwang though. I've done alright self study, given every thing going on. Well, apart from guitar, I smashed my first one, sold my 2nd to get a train ticket outta there.

What to do for a career, argh.