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Question for British Aspies regarding school and employment prospects

Mr Allen

Mr Allen

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Did you fail everything at GCSE level like I did, and is it affecting your chances of employment later in life?

Like I said, 25 years ago I failed everything except typing and as I recall I didn't get a very good mark for that, an E I think, and now, because I don't have a C or above in Maths even the minimum wage Office Gofer jobs don't want me, plus at 40 I'm too old for those entry level jobs anyway, they want kids so they can pay them 3 quid an hour to work 40 hours a week.

So anyway, are any of you lot in the same boat? I tried to get on a GCSE Maths course at Sheffield College last year but the course was over subscribed and to date there's still no places left.
 
I got Ds and Es in my GCSEs, while they weren't fails they weren't exactly successes either. I got my Maths up to a C in college three years later and I got the equivalent of an A* - C in English. I'd say it has affected my levels of employment, I tried for years to get an IT apprenticeship but to no avail, I never even got to the interview stage. I eventually lost hope after being let go from some crap job and ended up suffering with depression. I do feel like some of this could have been avoided if autism was picked up during school but I was far too quiet for that to happen.
 
BlueChapel said:
Damn. Any chance you might have the capability of moving to the US? The labor market might be friendlier.
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If he can't get much work in the UK, how can he afford the plane ticket and expenses associated with finding a living situation? Also, if he can barely find employment there, what are his chances of getting a Green Card in the US?
 
NateSean said:
If he can't get much work in the UK, how can he afford the plane ticket and expenses associated with finding a living situation? Also, if he can barely find employment there, what are his chances of getting a Green Card in the US?
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I wouldn't be able to work in the US anyway, the best kind of job I'd get out there would be working in McDonald's or some other fast food joint, and with my skills in Retail and IT, I'd like to think I'm better than working in the fast food industry, although at this point in my life, I'd take almost anything as long as I was getting paid for it.
 
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