Michelob512
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Thought this might be interesting
POLL: How far did your education take you?
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LilMissTragic
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I finished college, then I did many home study courses.
Michelob512
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worrydoll said:
How does a social phobe get expelled!?
Michelob512 said:
lol i have been expelled many times too, it's not that hard though. just stay away from school and they let you stay away a little bit longer lmao
but erhm i dropped out, i did real good though the 3 months i lived witout sa but i just couldn't find the motivation living with sa, no future, what to work for? and very low on energy. when i didn't have sa i also learned a lot from just listening to the teachers, with sa that's very hard.
Crimefish
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Well, I stayed home too much 'cause of Crohn's disease and SA, and so my school asked me to leave. But I was still the age where you legally need to go to school, so I was home schooled. And still am, except my SA is slowly getting worse, and I can't see my tutors without getting panic attacks. I also can't work or learn or listen or think while having a panic attack. I also can't do those things (very well) while counting my breathing or something. So basically, I can't learn anything with teachers around.
I don't know if I'm gonna get my GCSEs, but I probably will, and then claim benefit for the rest of my life. So, in conclusion, I'm wasting my time, energy and sanity.
I don't know if I'm gonna get my GCSEs, but I probably will, and then claim benefit for the rest of my life. So, in conclusion, I'm wasting my time, energy and sanity.
Michelob512
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Crimefish said:
That's being pretty harsh on yourself. Have you tried therapy? Either way, there are probably ways to work around your SA. So you have panic attacks around just one other person? How about your family? if your tutor knew about your SA and was someone you could trust, would that make things any different?
Crimefish
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Michelob512 said:
I'm having therapy right now. I have panic attacks around everyone except my immediate family. I do work with my mum at the moment 'cause I know I won't get any work done if I try to do it with my tutors. I just can't trust them. For no rational reason. And It's fine right now, working without them, but I need a tutor to watch me while I take my tests. Which is like a spider watching an arachnophobe. Very productive I'm sure.
I completed a Bachelor of Science degree in early 2003, but haven't had a job since then. I've never had a proper job in my whole life actually. I think that is a small part of why I'm so shy and stuff, the earlier in life you get out there and get some self confidence, the better off you'll be.
dazz
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I quit school at 15 after my exams, left with pretty good grades. Couldnt get a job anywhere, sat alone in my house for over a year and a half.
Finally got into college just before i turned 17. At the minute im off because of the holidays, go back in a week or so, then finish the course 1st february.
Then the next level of the course im doing isnt until September, so i'll be doing nothing for 7 months unless i pick up the courage to go get myself a job, which is very unlikely.
Finally got into college just before i turned 17. At the minute im off because of the holidays, go back in a week or so, then finish the course 1st february.
Then the next level of the course im doing isnt until September, so i'll be doing nothing for 7 months unless i pick up the courage to go get myself a job, which is very unlikely.
sabbath92001
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I was taking college courses while in junior high, because I was bored. At 16 I droppped out and had my GED within weeks. I received my Associates in Science in Computer Programming at 18.
But working has been difficult. My first boss suggested I join Toastmasters, that was more than 20 years ago. I should have listened to him. I thought it would be ok to be shy. But later I was placed in cubicles, which I can't stand. When I have a private office to work in, I have stayed at those jobs for years. But cubicle jobs only last weeks for me.
But working has been difficult. My first boss suggested I join Toastmasters, that was more than 20 years ago. I should have listened to him. I thought it would be ok to be shy. But later I was placed in cubicles, which I can't stand. When I have a private office to work in, I have stayed at those jobs for years. But cubicle jobs only last weeks for me.