Chris......
I was once a 17 year old in the middle of A-Levels, desperate to become a Pilot but with seemingly little or no chance of finding the money I too looked at ATC quite seriously. So believe me, I know how frustrating and mind boggling it can all be. In the end, after 4 years of working to make sure I have a back up career I was lucky enough to secure the money. I've just got my PPL and start ATPL's in a couple of weeks time so in no way consider myself to be experienced but I have been in this long enough to realise that this is a very small industry and the guys/girls you talk to on here come from a host of backgrounds pooling together a wealth of information and advice. My career started based on the advice and info I gathered on this forum. So..... with that in mind I would suggest you make use of the people on here rather than going off on one and calling people Pricks and Nobs. In short... ditch the attitude because it won't get you anywhere on here or in aviation at all.
Chris