Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20160713122023/@comment-53539-20160909081640

@Sampop, my father panicked me over my GCSEs when I received my results, everything was C or better except for two or three of my 9 subjects. They were subjects, however, I was forced to take by the schools system that I wasn't good at like French and CDT.


 * CDT, though I could design and use tools to make models I couldn't do the planning stage to tell another how to make the same model. I made a mistake in the planning and did it backwards.  The tutor's assistant fixed the model, but then I lost where I was in conjunction to the planning.  He thought he was doing me a favour, but he lost me completely.  It would have been easier for me to change the plans then to correct the model and I knew that.  I started doing that, I had two months left and I was taking my time with it.  To top it off, it was this time that my brothers so-called Best friend broke into our house and stole my brothers and mine computer.  With it all my copies of school work, including back ups to the models plans, went with it.
 * French was a case of I learnt German for almost a year and then changed shools. I knew the basics of German which I still an recall parts of, but skipped the French basics.  As a result, I didn't pick up French because the stuff I was learning about from then on was kinda beyond my understanding of the language because I skipped the basics.
 * My third hiccup came from English... I messed up my exam and ended up with a D. But I retook it and got a B at college so I discount it.  Furthermore, the tutor lost mine and another students coursework "write a descriptive piece".  Which angered me as that was a good story and he said it was worth a A*.  In fact... He had no memory of every having it; even though he made a copy to show the other kids.  I get the idea he didn't really like me.  I was the extra kid in the class who got unlucky with the tables and chairs and was forced to sit on the row along the edge of the class because he always had a full classroom.  He was a handsome teacher (not my tastes) and they stuff so many students into the top class.  when I retook the class I was the star pupil and the class was 12 pupils, 18 but 6 never showed.

But regardless, my father was my undoing with my GCSE results and yet he expected straight As when most of my grades were C or better. Considering "C" is suppose to represent the average grade, I got above average results either way. Its like this; I did that without studying, I was no academically retarded, I as never a straight A student.

The biggest flaw? I didn't do homework because of he never allowed the time of day at home. He didn't believe in it, that reflected in me. Though once the tutors understood he was the root of my homework issue, the did stop giving me detentions over it as they new I was a good student and I did relatively well grade wise. I wanted to keep to myself, I was bullied a lot as I was labeled "ugly" by the other kids.

In fact on my father, he as one of those who uses a TV to babysit a kid or a computer because he can't be bothered to really look after or interact with them... This I didn't realise until years later. I'm surprised I turned out to be a moral sound and lawful person... Lots of kids under my circumstances don't. I do know that on top of this, he himself used bullying tactics on his kids, as in when he did interact he played mind games with us or treated as as stupid. The result of all his effects was socially, mentally and emotionally, I can't always do so well. So though I can work on the wikia and other things, I fall apart as an adult at the slightest thing. This is why I can't hold down a job for long. It doesn't take much to stress me out or freak me out. ¬_¬

Still your young and still got your life ahead of you.

BTW, my highest was A* was art... Despite my father trying to stop me taking the subject. That A* set up me for the rest of my education, I dropped everything after college to do Fine Art degree, including music and stuff. I can say that certain subjects are valued less in the real world and one of them is any art subject. Unless your going to become a chef or something, catering is one of those subjects too. Even in terms of art itself, unless you go into architect or design, art becomes a lost cause especially into days digital age. There are hundreds, if not thousands of artists now and all completing for a tiny piece of the pie. Things like child-minding, though, they are okay with... That is in the art, tech and design area also. :-/