Grade your life so far
Discussion
How does your adult life correlate with your school reports or grading? Are you a solid B+? Are you fulfilling your potential? Could you do better? Do you treat work deadlines like homework to be half-arsed the night before it is due to be submitted? Did your A* grades lead to an A* life? Or are you a solid mid-table Mr/Mrs average?
Would your teachers be surprised at where you are now, in either a positive or negative sense?
Would your teachers be surprised at where you are now, in either a positive or negative sense?
A+
Grade C O Levels in Maths, Physics & Chemistry (only due to the 16+ rules at the time), the rest at CSE
Now Hons Degree in engineering, 6 figure salary and a licenced nuclear operator (as the yanks would term it)
And... An old nationalised industry final salary pension to come soon
No real idea what the teachers though of me, I never listened to them much and reports ? never read them.
So, not too bad.
Grade C O Levels in Maths, Physics & Chemistry (only due to the 16+ rules at the time), the rest at CSE
Now Hons Degree in engineering, 6 figure salary and a licenced nuclear operator (as the yanks would term it)
And... An old nationalised industry final salary pension to come soon
No real idea what the teachers though of me, I never listened to them much and reports ? never read them.
So, not too bad.
I don’t think my teachers thought bad of me academically but “more time spent concentrating on their work and less time trying to entertain the rest of the class” as one reported suggested.
I didn’t walk away with a bunch of great exam results, only a few, but took good advice and good opportunities given to me and had a good, quite well paid career in banking. Threw in the towel early 50s.
Rest of things if life? Could play guitar better but play in bands. Could play tennis better but started late, though a reasonable club player. Personal life, been ok but never settled down. That’s mostly my fault..
I didn’t walk away with a bunch of great exam results, only a few, but took good advice and good opportunities given to me and had a good, quite well paid career in banking. Threw in the towel early 50s.
Rest of things if life? Could play guitar better but play in bands. Could play tennis better but started late, though a reasonable club player. Personal life, been ok but never settled down. That’s mostly my fault..
I was an A-grade student so in traditional terms, my life is not very successful - no kids/family/wife, gave up the corporate career. But I now lead a somewhat unorthodox life that I enjoy immensely and I'm pretty happy with my lot (well, ignoring my on-going ponderings on what car to get next).
So in traditional terms, I'd probably grade my life a D-.
But on my terms, I'd grade my life an A.
So in traditional terms, I'd probably grade my life a D-.
But on my terms, I'd grade my life an A.
LimaDelta said:
How does your adult life correlate with your school reports or grading? Are you a solid B+? Are you fulfilling your potential? Could you do better? Do you treat work deadlines like homework to be half-arsed the night before it is due to be submitted? Did your A* grades lead to an A* life? Or are you a solid mid-table Mr/Mrs average?
Would your teachers be surprised at where you are now, in either a positive or negative sense?
So what's yours if you're so bothered about it?Would your teachers be surprised at where you are now, in either a positive or negative sense?
Very average at school. Middle sets for everything with a mixture of D to B grades. Left Uni after 2 years because I sucked at that too.
Got into software sales 5 years ago and probably earning a lot more than what my teachers thought I was capable of. But hey, that’s sales…. Isn’t that a career for bums anyway?
Got into software sales 5 years ago and probably earning a lot more than what my teachers thought I was capable of. But hey, that’s sales…. Isn’t that a career for bums anyway?
I was in bottom set for science and English at school and now I’m a prof at one of the world’s top universities. When one of my former teachers found out I was doing a PhD they said they saw no evidence that I was capable of that.
It’s left me in the unfortunate position that I massively distrust formal education but part of my job is to deliver it.
It’s left me in the unfortunate position that I massively distrust formal education but part of my job is to deliver it.
B overall. Career good enough , poor background, scholarship kid and worked every spare moment from the age of 11. Enjoyed life, one failed marriage and one very successful one.
Worked till 74 and no regrets at all as it was fascinating. Had I been more politically committed in the corporate world I could have made more money but this was a deliberate choice.
So, not bad but could always do better. At 75 unlikely to make any radical change of course.
Worked till 74 and no regrets at all as it was fascinating. Had I been more politically committed in the corporate world I could have made more money but this was a deliberate choice.
So, not bad but could always do better. At 75 unlikely to make any radical change of course.
Jimjimhim said:
LimaDelta said:
How does your adult life correlate with your school reports or grading? Are you a solid B+? Are you fulfilling your potential? Could you do better? Do you treat work deadlines like homework to be half-arsed the night before it is due to be submitted? Did your A* grades lead to an A* life? Or are you a solid mid-table Mr/Mrs average?
Would your teachers be surprised at where you are now, in either a positive or negative sense?
So what's yours if you're so bothered about it?Would your teachers be surprised at where you are now, in either a positive or negative sense?
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