Really?
I was quite a nice 15 year old and don't really fancy doing National Service with a bunch of low lifes because you say so. I would get eaten.
So is everyone else your age a low life, like EVERYONE? whos going to eat you? Im fairly sure you would see said low lifes etc get an ***whooping until they started being pleasant, to make up for all those years that mummy and daddy didnt bother spanking their bums.
Manic, great post, great points, but would it really have seriously hindered you to have done a year national service in between all that learning, It could have been used as a placement year and you could have gone into something extremely relevent.
School college and uni all failed me, my lecturers are Uni have told me I really was failed badly at school and college, My academic work ethics are appauling, and I was pushed and pushed and pushed into staying on an academic route, my talents do not serve me well being an academic, Im more hands on. I read around a lot yea, Im on these forums and pretty active in GD, and we have a lot of computing stuff here funny enough dont we
Iv had a few fights, well maybe quite a few.. mostly since I left school, I dont go out my way to start them, but as a northern male who likes to go on the town with his mates and have some fun its bound to occur now and then, a lot of it is upbringing and biology, alpha etc
Even national service wont stop the fights, its just part of being human.
a lot of people seem to have distorted views on this, a year is not really anything major, we're talking pre 20s here mostly, its no different to the government deciding everyone stays in education till they are 17. Its not going to hinder anyone, its going to sort out the bad eggs, the ones wanting to learn can embrace it and learn lots of valuable skills and treat it like academic institution.
My sister, Naval Admin Role : Doing degree of some sort, absolute PLEB, somehow they taught her various skills, school or college didnt, she miserably failed college, neither managed to diagnose her acute dyslexia, the Navy found it pretty quick(better staff?)
Brother : Doing engineering degree, now moving onto Nuclear topics due to his Nuclear Sub draft.
Best friend : Some sort of air traffic/comms in RAF, doing engineering degree at OU with help from RAF in spare time/while on standby at work.
Forces actively encourages further learning, doesnt remotely hinder, lots of people seem to think its going to be a year wasted in their lives of complete hell... its just like school?!?!
Manic, one point though, 'change your life, move house thus moving school'
That kind of ruined your post, you expect a family to uproot and move to a better school? You do know that house prices rise if house falls in catchment area of better school, where are you from? Have you been to any worse off places in the UK? Do you think everyone has the financial capabilities to move to better schools? The better schools are now effectively private schools, because house prices are so much higher meaning only the rich can afford. For record though, I went to one of the town's better schools, and a better college, still though, theres a massive difference in standards between wealthy areas and poorer areas.
If you cant acknowledge this point and admit what you are saying is snobbery then you are very ignorant, and I would say you would also seriously benefit from national service, to bring you back down to earth and make you open your eyes to the world around you.
Im basing above on assumptions made from the fact you suggest moving house for better schools as a feasable option for people.