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"There seems to be a common theme of career advisors not being up to scratch! I went to grammar school and we were expected to get A levels, go to Uni and become teachers/librarians/scientists.  No mention of what if you didn't pass A levels. No guidance about the real world outside of academia. \nI walked out halfway through A levels after being told by one teacher that I would get 'nowhere in life' with the 8 O levels I achieved, so got a job at the Post Office and this was purely because it was part of the Civil Service and to apply you had to have at least 5 O levels (and produce the certificates to prove it).  After that I drifted through life and have had a variety of jobs including a season at Butlins, a bingo caller, payroll manager, and a political party agent. At one time I was a single parent and had four different part time jobs on the go at the same tme, lurching from one to another, changing uniforms in the ladies and glamming up with the face paint for behind the bar. I'm shattered now just thinking about it, but it was just a way of life and there must have been hundreds like me! \nI've also gone from one end of salary scale to the other, just kept adapting my life style accordingly.  While I have on occasions wondered 'what if' but I have not regretted my hotheadedness!! \n"
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