College?

[TheStig]

Im starting college in december and was wondering does anyone go and whats the abursury ( sp? )

My mum is a single parent and im 19 and living at home mum has a big savings account that she pays for the house and bills etc? But we have no additional money coming in :/

Any adivce or guidance would be mint

:thumb:

[Smurf-Xx]

my advice would be don`t go to college it's not worth it. Just get a job :thumb:

[Stoo]

my advice would be don`t go to college it's not worth it. Just get a job :thumb:

absolutely sh1t advice!!
good luck fella
cant help you im sorry but fair play

[TIDGE]

applied for ema you could get 30 quid a week

[large_steve182]

there ema. or try for bursary etc.

[Welsh Dan]

The best advice I can give is to get all of the work done as soon as its assigned, and get a part time job with reasonable hours ie weekends, so you can do college work during the week.

[Smurf-Xx]

absolutely sh1t advice
well college is pointless!

[brainsnova]

college is only pointless if you dont put in full effort and have a job in line that requires the qualification

[belly257]

i start college next month to train for BAE systems a world class shipbuilding industry, get paid for it aswell!! as said college is good if you put the effort in, good on ya fella :thumb:

[large_steve182]

im going to college in september. to do hnd photograpgy. then after than i can go to uni to get a degree.
thats a good 4-5 years without having to get a "life job"

[Smurf-Xx]

Suppose your right I only went to college for few months, had to leave and get a job though to get my own place...

[belly257]

yer college is no good if you got bills etc to pay, but this guys living at home so he should be ok for abit, and when he finishes college he shoul have better qualifications to get a good job:thumb:

[large_steve182]

any more qualtifications to put down will help get a job, even if its not relevant to the job being applied for.

[Smurf-Xx]

yeah good luck with it all mate.

make the most of it.

[TIDGE]

college is awesome a good laugh cant wait to go back you wont hear me saying that about school

[belly257]

college is awesome a good laugh cant wait to go back you wont hear me saying that about school

agreed:thumb:

[Smurf-Xx]

now school was sh×t got expelled from2 lol

problem child!

[large_steve182]

and you said you werent a chav?

[belly257]

hated school when i was there sorta wish i was back there now though?

[Smurf-Xx]

Hows being a problem child a chav?!

[large_steve182]

usually it was only the chavvy kids that got expelled.
"nut im no dain work. you canny make me, works stupid"

i heard almost every lesson from the idiots in my classes

[Smurf-Xx]

no i just hated the teachers!

[large_steve182]

ah the classic?
all my teachers hated me. and picked on me.

[belly257]

lol

[Smurf-Xx]

Ah bless...

[belly257]

alot of the lasses in my school used to say stuff similar to that:tard:

[large_steve182]

i used to hear it all the time. some teachers picked on me. but then again i was also a knob in school.

[belly257]

ha i wudent say i was a knob in school but i wasent exactly the teachers pet haha

[large_steve182]

in the younger years. i was your typical class clown. trying to make everyone laugh. then i matured a bit and looked down on the imature ones ha.

i remember asking my maths teacher out. when trying to do a test. i got a punishment exercise (bad boy form) for it.
truth was i did have a little crush on her lol

[belly257]

lol i hated math, but ive got to admit there was a few hot teachers in my school

[large_steve182]

most teachers aint hot lol. they just look good compared to the rest and are over emphasised.
although when i was 2nd year. (dont know what it is in years in england)
we got a girl down from uni on a p.e placement. now she was hot. then there was your typical rumors she was a lesbian etc lol

[Smurf-Xx]

How wierd is it now when you see your old teachers in town!

Especially the ones you had a crush on, you think ew, what was i thinking!

[large_steve182]

i have extremely low standards. so i dont tend to think that lol.

[belly257]

i have extremely low standards. so i dont tend to think that lol.

lol
i have seen an odd one and ano what ya mean lol

[large_steve182]

in a way school was fun. but completly s**t when you were there.
i miss the days of having dis-infectent fights in home ec. shaping cakes into knobs.
crowding round 2 people who were going to fight.
sending the new kids the wrong way
smashing a window with a football and watching every one leg it. apart from the kid whos football it was

[belly257]

in a way school was fun. but completly s**t when you were there.
i miss the days of having dis-infectent fights in home ec. shaping cakes into knobs.
crowding round 2 people who were going to fight.
sending the new kids the wrong way
smashing a window with a football and watching every one leg it. apart from the kid whos football it was
yep they were the days, nearly 5 years since i left now, feel like i was there yesterday lol

[large_steve182]

i wish i was a kid again ha.
me and a mate were playing curby the other day for a laugh. and neighbours peering out windows and peope walking by as if we were up to no good

[belly257]

lol lol curbie, might get the football out

[Smurf-Xx]

I just loved winding the teachers up til they wanted to explode...hilarious.

[belly257]

I just loved winding the teachers up til they wanted to explode...hilarious.

yea, my class made a few leave, (nervous breakdown or something)

[Smurf-Xx]

curby... god they were the days with nothing better to do! I wish i was 10 again!

[large_steve182]

we had an austraillan substitute teacher. we thought we would wind him up. he went f**king mental. kept us all in at lunch. took a cupboard door off when he hit it.
rumor was he grabbed some boy and got sacked. i never believed it but then again i never seen him again

[large_steve182]

theres some skill to curby likes lol
i reckon 2012 olympic curby. they already have stupid sports like horse riding and power walk.

[belly257]

sub teachers they wer the best to wind up but they always dished out punishments

[large_steve182]

haha we have totally hi jacked this guys thread and talked about school and curby.

[Smurf-Xx]

theres some skill to curby likes lol
i reckon 2012 olympic curby

lol olympic curby, how bout pogo stick too. f×cking stupid lol

[Smurf-Xx]

yeah this guys gonna come on here tomoro and think wtf!

[belly257]

haha we have totally hi jacked this guys thread and talked about school and curby.
ano oopslol

[large_steve182]

pogo sticks are dangerous. i knocked a tooth out when i was 11. my foot slipped off and the thing pinged up and cracked me in the chin.
i was doing your typical no hands look at me type thing so i expected it to happen.
remeber swingball? totally unfair on one person as they had to hit back handed

[DAN-F]

What course you doing mate? i went last year to finish my panel beating and auto refinishing course off and ended up starting a welding course, never finished the welding because i had knee surgery so im going back in september,
our tutor was constantly offering us work mostly the second year, because apparently welding jobs are well paid even if you only have the first year qualification,

[DAN-F]

remeber swingball? totally unfair on one person as they had to hit back handed

unless they were left handed

[belly257]

suppose ive left a comment on your v6 nova thread plese read as we can't spam this thread anymorelol

[Smurf-Xx]

pogo sticks are dangerous. i knocked a tooth out when i was 11. my foot slipped off and the thing pinged up and cracked me in the chin

you make me laugh.

cant be as bad as me trying to do a wheelie on my bike when i was young, only the bloody front wheel fell off! That was the end of that.

[large_steve182]

never masterd wheelies on my bike either. nor riding with no hands.

[belly257]

you make me laugh.

cant be as bad as me trying to do a wheelie on my bike when i was young, only the bloody front wheel fell off! That was the end of that.

ive done that like, not good is it

[belly257]

never masterd wheelies on my bike either. nor riding with no hands.
easy:thumb:

[large_steve182]

"its easy just try it. its not even that hard"
then followed by one kid crying twisted over his bike

[belly257]

"its easy just try it. its not even that hard"
then followed by one kid crying twisted over his bike
have had a few accidents on me push bikes when i was youn etc , "raliegh burners" they wher the bike to havelol

[large_steve182]

ha they pick up silly money on ebay these days.
i remember using the bits on the pavement as jumps. know the little bits where peoples driveways are so the pavement sloped up and down. i used to pull no footers off of them lol.

[Smurf-Xx]

when you were young? last month I had my coat on my handle bars and the sleeve thought it'd be clever and go into my front wheel. I had to peel myself from the road?!

[belly257]

well im 20 now so was young along time ago lol, ano not clever the old sleeve jam in the front wheel

[large_steve182]

ha. i rembember cycling to school and my grip slipped off the handle bar and i went sliding across the road. i got up cycled home. made it out to be really painfull and got the day of school.

[belly257]

ha. i rembember cycling to school and my grip slipped off the handle bar and i went sliding across the road. i got up cycled home. made it out to be really painfull and got the day of school.

we have all done something similar " ah mum it hurts, honestly it was well bad what happend" lol

[large_steve182]

getting days of school is an art. i was rather good at it without sounding arrogant lol.
you had to time it. not trying that often. pre planning it the night before. a full proof plan

[belly257]

getting days of school is an art. i was rather good at it without sounding arrogant lol.
you had to time it. not trying that often. pre planning it the night before. a full proof plan

yep exactly done it a few times now not that i am gonna admit it to me mam even now

[Smurf-Xx]

well im 20 now so was young along time ago lol,

so am i! thats why was embarasing!

[large_steve182]

ha my mum knew i was faking. but i was that huffy if i wanted the day off. damn i was getting it lol

[belly257]

so am i! thats why was embarasing!
lol good on ya, is that your car in your pic yer?

[belly257]

ha my mum knew i was faking. but i was that huffy if i wanted the day off. damn i was getting it lol

yer if i wanted the day off i was having it off, stuburn :thumb:

[large_steve182]

worst thing is. i would pretest for the day off. then realise there naff all on tv. and nobody about. wish i was at school.

[belly257]

ano had to watch gmtv in the moring useally

[large_steve182]

ha and just aload of s**t house diy programs.
instead of ruining this poor guys thread even further. can you get into png chaT?

[belly257]

i can but wouldent mind racking up some posts, talk on that rachs movie thread im sure she won't mind shes still online and she can have a crack:thumb:

[large_steve182]

kk. we do appoligse in advance for the guys whos thread we have destoried

[belly257]

kk. we do appoligse in advance for the guys whos thread we have destoried

yep very sorry mate

[Smurf-Xx]

yeah chat on my thread all you like.

yeah sorry for hijacking your thread mate!

[TheStig]

my advice would be don`t go to college it's not worth it. Just get a job :thumb:
That had to be the worst reply ive ever read in my life of using the internet

You win the Fail award

And cheers stoo =)

Going back to do Computing Engineering, So a year of this then move onto the HNC which is 2 years... Since computers is what im good at decided well may as well do that.. 30quid a week? wow amazing lol

Ill ask the college when i go see what they say

But cheers for the replys and gossip in the thread lmfao

[Alex.]

My thoughts are get as many qualifications while they're still free! lol

Getting A-Levels was the best decision I've ever made and it got me to one of the best places I've been so far in my life.

Good luck with it :thumb:

[Stoo]

YOur Welcome mate
Somebody had to speak some sense for once

Im sure Admin/Mods will be chuffed to bits with all the spam and pointless crap on this thread.
As for bumping your post count, i magine itll go down once all the shat is removed!

On a side note, I've got ADHD, i was expelled from school, and college, because i was thought of as being disruptive. What wasnt seen was the work was actually done and it was boredom on my part.

And look at me now 6yrs In the Air Force going strong!

Good luck to you mate.

[wisewood]

my advice would be don`t go to college it's not worth it. Just get a job :thumb:

That's what i did. And then in order to get myself a decent career with good prospects at the age of 25 i started a 3 year course which means studying at college 2 nights a week for 3 years.

If i went to college in the first place i would have been able to earn the money i can earn now from the age of about 19. Meaning I am thousands of pounds worse off.

If someone wants to go to college to better their prospects, why would you suggest that they dont bother? This is just a f*cking ridiculous thing to say.

[Lauren]

my advice would be don`t go to college it's not worth it. Just get a job :thumb:

It's worth it if you know what you want to study and what you want to do with the qualifications. That's a silly thing to say.
What I don't understand though is people that go to university when they have no idea what they want to do in life, then they leave and start the same job they would have started anyway, just with a massive debt.

[Prey]

It's worth it if you know what you want to study and what you want to do with the qualifications. That's a silly thing to say.
What I don't understand though is people that go to university when they have no idea what they want to do in life, then they leave and start the same job they would have started anyway, just with a massive debt.

Amen. Id totally agree with that - dont just go to college for something to do - but if its a means to an end then its well worth it. Ditto uni.

As regards the work, as long as you turn up (and work) when ur supposed to you shouldnt have any problems - or do what I did - skive a lot and struggle!

[Breeny]

College/Further education is not pointless in the slightest, it depends where you want to go in life.

I did A levels and then went to uni. I ended up not finishing my course & went out to get a job. Now at the age of 26 I am having to go back to college to finish what I started to further my career!! I should have just done it in the first place...

[Smurf-Xx]

I know its not pointless, after chatting for 3 hours i changed my opinion

It was pointless and waste of time for me

[Philsutton]

my advice would be don`t go to college it's not worth it. Just get a job :thumb:


LOL, college is pointless if you plan on learning a trade (but even then they will send you to college) or you want to stack shelves for the rest of your life.

[Welsh Dan]

That had to be the worst reply ive ever read in my life of using the internet

You win the Fail award

And cheers stoo =)

Going back to do Computing Engineering, So a year of this then move onto the HNC which is 2 years... Since computers is what im good at decided well may as well do that.. 30quid a week? wow amazing lol

Ill ask the college when i go see what they say

But cheers for the replys and gossip in the thread lmfao

Be aware that the job market in IT is saturated and you'll have to be really good and go the extra mile to get anywhere.

I'm strongly considering changing from IT to a different industry.

[General Baxter]

my sister got A in everything from gcse, A level and uni for everything she did

now she works behind and bar and the gate at TNT lol

[Philsutton]

what subject?

[General Baxter]

some form of geography, some form of history, some form of science lol

i dont know but shes £20K in dept for 3 bits of paper lol

[NASTYNOVA]

I know its not pointless, after chatting for 3 hours i changed my opinion

It was pointless and waste of time for me

same here!! lol (except the 3 hours thing??)

[Philsutton]

pffffft thats not real science, like sports scientists being called scientists. Its offence lol.

Also jobs arent easy to, it took me 18 months to get mine and after graduating I was ripping peoples tickets at the cinema and working at a garage.

[General Baxter]

pffffft thats not real science, like sports scientists being called scientists. Its offence lol.

Also jobs arent easy to, it took me 18 months to get mine and after graduating I was ripping peoples tickets at the cinema and working at a garage.


i just walked into a company and said give me a job lol

i remember my physics lessons at school, how aerodynamics work on paper planes, well thats what i called it

[FUSION X16XE]

Your college will have a student services go in there and there give you everythink from free bus tickets to paying for your corse costs. Im about to go into my last year and i hate it but its what i get in the end that matters. DONT GIVE UP.