Woman who left school at 15 with no qualifications graduates as doctor
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Woman who left school at 15 with no qualifications graduates as doctor
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-who-left-school-15-33327018
Posted by daily_mirror
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Good on her. We should try to encourage and support people to study and retrain if they are unhappy with what they are doing or want to do more. Late teens, early 20s is not the right time for lots of people.
Well done to her. Began at her further educational journey age 35 and was qualified by 41.
This is good to hear because so many people think their life is over if the first half of their life didn’t plan out as desired/expected.
Well done to her for raising awareness and bringing people hope.
It’s always been insane the pressure at school leaving age, the “your life is over if you don’t at least get ok grades” idea.
It’s not new for this to be nonsense. I personally know one person who eventually ended up at Cambridge after getting a couple of Es at GCSE in the same year as me in the late 90s and nothing else (I ended up at an OK university and got a decent degree, after barely trying and not attending some of my exams – just not quite the same as Cambridge with even worse than I got). And I know someone with a doctorate from Durham who left with nothing.
You should try and do your best at school. But there will be countless more opportunities and time to work your way up and study if that is what you want. And opportunities to train in different fields.
As an academic, you come across similar stories (“where there’s a will, there’s a way”) from time to time. Some students just never seem to give up, even when door after door is closed.
Good stuff, there really needs to be better access to professions and mature entry.
For example an experienced nurse or other mid level health proffesional. Obviously you need to keep standards high so be selective, make sure they take the equivalent of A-levels and get good grades.
Aw wow that’s amazing. Hope she is much more successful going forward 😁
If she’s anything like my doctor she’ll have a Pitbull on reception who will block any and all appointments and if one does slip through she’ll sit with Mumsnet and Google open to help diagnose which specialist to refer to in 18months time
I was not motivated at school as a teenager and got middling grades having put in no effort.
I went back into education at 30 and eventually achieved a first class masters degree in chemical engineering. I now do this for a living.
It totally changed my life and prospects for my family. Retraining as an adult is entirely possible and I encourage anyone who feels that they can do more give it a try.
Good on you Doctor. It is a bloody hard road to walk to get that far.
It is never too late to start over via collage and access courses
I got mixed up with drugs (heroin) in school (a private school nonetheless) and messed up my results. I didn’t do badly, with 2 Bs and 1 C at A-Level, but I didn’t get into my chosen uni and subsequently gave up after I chose a new course that didn’t fit.
I’ve been clean for like 23 years now (I even have a healthy relationship with painkillers due to chronic illness), and I constantly think about returning to education. This is such valuable inspiration and motivation for me.