Biggest regret and why.

My biggest regret was my school teachers and my education or lack of it. In secondary school this education was blighted by tyrannical paedophilic teachers who would delight in being a tormentor rather than being the mentor they should of been! There were 6 grades in my year A to F. I started off in B. within a year I was demoted to C. I wanted to play in the brass band, and as I was in C, I was basically "too thick" to play trumpet. I could of been the next Louie Armstrong FFS!

I was always getting pumped and caned, mostly on the arse for next to nothing. Years after had left, my ex PE teacher turned Maths teacher(and some of you know who it was)was found guilty of having extreme pornographic images on his laptop. The same teacher had us young lads bending over as he barked "bend over and scrub that mud off your feet boy"!
Another brick in the wall by Floyd reminds me of how much I hated school and most of those teachers.

Geography was my favourite subject but I hated the teacher and he hated me. He barked "You'll never come top in a Geography exam or do anything in life boy!" I thought "fuck you sir, I'll show you ya bullying ****"!... Next exam I got 96%.And you know what, the miserable long chinned **** never even acknowledged nor commended my achievement.
In the last year I was so disillusioned that I spent most of the year wagging school on the streets of Manchester. I took 2 exams and failed them on purpose. Left school to have a few low paid menial jobs, and I blame the teachers.

Took me years and a lot of hard work to get the decent career that I have now. My eldest daughter Is doing a nursing degree and I'm so proud of her. I would of liked a chance of a good education but It was blighted for my aforementioned reasons. Alas.
 
Not going in the Forces after I left school or soon after. My Irish mother got me a job in a cotton mill she worked in, it was 1986
 
My biggest regret was my school teachers and my education or lack of it. In secondary school this education was blighted by tyrannical paedophilic teachers who would delight in being a tormentor rather than being the mentor they should of been! There were 6 grades in my year A to F. I started off in B. within a year I was demoted to C. I wanted to play in the brass band, and as I was in C, I was basically "too thick" to play trumpet. I could of been the next Louie Armstrong FFS!

I was always getting pumped and caned, mostly on the arse for next to nothing. Years after had left, my ex PE teacher turned Maths teacher(and some of you know who it was)was found guilty of having extreme pornographic images on his laptop. The same teacher had us young lads bending over as he barked "bend over and scrub that mud off your feet boy"!
Another brick in the wall by Floyd reminds me of how much I hated school and most of those teachers.

Geography was my favourite subject but I hated the teacher and he hated me. He barked "You'll never come top in a Geography exam or do anything in life boy!" I thought "fuck you sir, I'll show you ya bullying ****"!... Next exam I got 96%.And you know what, the miserable long chinned **** never even acknowledged nor commended my achievement.
In the last year I was so disillusioned that I spent most of the year wagging school on the streets of Manchester. I took 2 exams and failed them on purpose. Left school to have a few low paid menial jobs, and I blame the teachers.

Took me years and a lot of hard work to get the decent career that I have now. My eldest daughter Is doing a nursing degree and I'm so proud of her. I would of liked a chance of a good education but It was blighted for my aforementioned reasons. Alas.
Wow BMR, reading that and could'a been me. I sometimes see a girl from my class from years ago and she agrees that with few exceptions the teachers we had were absolute shite. The girls dad was a teacher there at the time! Teachers then just hated kids.
I went to a parents evening with my daughter last week and thank gawd times have changed.
 
My biggest regret is allowing depression to take over me for 24 years!!

I lost some great people in my life cos of it!

Would you blame a man for limping if his leg was busted?

You didn't ask to suffer from depression. It's an illness. It is easier today to talk about this stuff. Especially for us men who are pathetic at dealing with issues like this because we were brought up to act like emotionless men. I come from A working class Glaswegian culture that talking about stuff like this was shunned. It's better now thank fuck.

Don't blame yourself.

As for the people you lost, maybe explaining to them the situation and if an apology is given it includes how you were mentally.

Hope you're feeling better these days.
 
Going to university when I did and pissing away the opportunity.

After breezing through school and college it was the obvious thing to do but I should have taken time out of education and worked a shit job for a year or two to learn to appreciate and make the most of the opportunity I had.

I have a big work ethic now that I simply didn't have back then. If I'd approached university like I approach my work I'd have done very well and probably be working in a job I love rather than one that pays the bills.

I think this is a common problem with pressure on teenagers to go to university when it's either not right for them or it's not the right time for them. Colleges and schools are only interested in the percentage of leavers who stay in education.

It would have really benefitted me if someone had advised me to take a year out and learn what hard work is and what it's like to stand on your own two feet with bills to pay, and the only way to pay them is through working hard.
 

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