The thing is, so many have now been 'conditioned' into the Conveyer Belt of Life, as I call it...They simply move along it, without questioning...

I never went to Uni, never wanted to, like living with Mum and Dad, wasn't made to feel I *had* to move out, or that I *should* move out, as so many kids feel today. Most of my friends stayed at home until they got married, I was no different in that respect...

I worked full time from the age of 17, as most of us did back then...There were a few who went to Uni, but they were few, pretty brainy too, as I recall. I don't remember anyone sitting round in puddles of tears bemoaning that they couldn't go to Uni, we simply just got on with earning some money, and enjoying ourselves.

You can learn at ANY time of your life.

My friend was told, by Sidmouth College, that her daughter would *never* be able to catch up on her English (she'd missed a few weeks, due to illness)...What a load of boloney!

You should never stop learning...and if we had school functioning in the right way, then most kids would have an innate love of learning all sorts of things. We muck it up by testing, examining, failing, pressurising, stressing, demoralising..

And don't even get me going on The School Prom and Gap Year Corporate Bastards, else I'll be here all night! LOL ;0)

(And yes, I can hear the jokes..."What? You, Lizzie? Not been to Uni? Surely not!") ;0)