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supermichael11 posted...

I do get jealous at those that finished college early, while it has been taking long for me to get the required qualifications.
I do hate it my health was so bad in college, especially I had to miss a team meeting since I was in the hospital that required surgery for my lower back. Then to top it of I got a virus before I fully recovered from my surgery so more time I had to miss my team meeting.

In 2023 I should be done with my A Level. Then later I can either focus on getting a better job with more pay or go to University.

Yeah, when I went to college, I was still dealing with major health issues. I got viral meningitis the summer before 9th grade. I went from being an A and B student in the top 15% of my class to failing classes for the 1st time. I couldn't remember stuff that I had learned 20 minutes earlier at times. It wasn't until I was maybe 22 or 23 that I realized it was the medication they put me on to control the seizures that was causing the memory loss issues.

And then they kept increasing the dosage as the years went on, so it got worse. When I was in college, it was crazy bad. I was always losing my cell phone because I would often forget where I put it.

• Got on the bus with my backpack to go home. Got off the bus without my backpack. Didn't realize I didn't have my backpack until I was half way home from the bus stop. Went back and waited a couple hours for the bus to come back around... My backpack was gone.
• I wanted to get some cash, so I put my ATM card in the machine and withdrew money. I walked away without my ATM card. By the time I realized I didn't have my card, the machine had long since eaten my card. Had my mom overnight me a new card. Did the exact same thing the next day.

All that on top of the fact that I was taking all prerequisite courses that had nothing to do with my major and I didn't care about any of them. I didn't want to spend another $13k for another year of all that.