What Should I Do?
Hello There,
I'm 16, and currently in my school holidays after completeing my GCSEs in June, and I'm trying to work out what I should do with my life. I am a quite clever person, but I've never realy applied myself at school, I just get bored, and loose all interest. If I correct I havn't done too well with my GCSEs, and I'm sure that I could have done better if I'd tried a bit harder. My parents are expecting me to get quite good results and go to sixth form, and then to uni, and this is something that I'm realy not very keen on doing, as it would probably mean studying a subject that I'm not very interested in as I can't do want I want due to my GCSE results. Another thing I could do is try and re-take some of my GCSEs, to try and be able to do something I might be slightly more interested in. The final option I have is to leave school now, and go and get a job and get my PPL, and then go on to get my FI rateing, now I know that being an FI is a realy cr*p paying job, but I've never realy wanted to make lots of money and own a big house. The only thing I've every realy wanted to do is fly. Flying/aviation is the only thing I've ever realy been interested in, whenever a light aircraft flys over I instantly feel happy, and when I'm around aircraft on the groud it's a great feeling, I love the things! However, my parents are realy expecting me to do well, and I just don't know how to tell them I don't want to contiue my education any further, I think the would be quite ashamed and almost dis-own me. But flying and being a flying instructor is my dream!
What do you think I should do/What would you do?
PS: I'm sorry for any spelling mistakes, and the fact that it jumps around a bit and isn't all in the right order, but I just type it as I thought of it.
Regards, Matt