How Important is Education?
Everyone keeps telling you how important education is to get a job in the future and make it easier for yourself. I've now finished college and going onto university and I'm going to share my thoughts on this and what I wish people had told me.
Your first set of important exams, when you're roughly 15 or 16, only need to be good enough to get you into your next set of education. My exams at that age were called Standard Grades and in order to get into 'Highers' the next year, rather than the lower level of qualification, determines how well I do in these exams. And then Highers only matter to get into Advanced Highers or college or university. It works like a ladder, once you get a step up the last one doesn't really matter anymore.
For me, I had to get my standard grades to get highers, highers to get advanced highers, advanced highers to get to national certificate, national certificate to get to higher national certificate, higher national certificate to get to higher national diploma AND THEN I can get to do a degree. It's been a long struggle but I'm getting there. But as soon as I get a better qualification then the previous one doesn't really matter. No one cares that I got a B in Biology five years ago.
Education does matter. Early education doesn't matter anywhere near as much as people make it out to be but it's great practice. Just do your best to get to your next stage, whether that's further education or a job.
Song of the day: A song that I listen to when I'm angry
Misery by The Maine
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