I’m another access course Frau and yes, I find her statements about dropping out of school into, what was it? “A never ending cycle of minimum wage jobs” or some tit, just ridiculous. I was mid-20s when I did my access course, having left school after GCSEs and pissing about not knowing what to do with myself (plus being hit with awful mental health issues). We had a huge age range on the course from 21 to 60s, all sorts of backgrounds. There was even support for those on benefits including zero tuition fees and childcare help, plus you could opt to do one year full time or do it in the evenings over two years. You needed to get a C or above in English and Maths, but if you didn’t have that, you could also do these alongside your course. There weren’t any other entry requirements at the time. Going to go a bit Jack and brag here - I ended up getting onto a highly competitive uni course and many of my friends from college have great careers now.
Of course, we all know why Jack wouldn’t go down this path. She’s bone idle and prefers to rage against the unfair universe rather than do a single thing to make her life better. She’d rather piss around with some free OU courses or MLM adjacent nutrition ‘degree’ than actually go through the education system because in her head she’s so much smarter than everyone else.
