This! Maybe she mocks because she is jealous of people who have worked hard and had options opened up to them because of it, so she has to make herself feel better by pointing out that you don't need qualifications to get by. Look at when Betsy was apparently so upset and anxious about her exams, it was all about "being kind is more important, qualifications aren't everything, you can achieve whatever you want". Being a good person is great, but you can't waltz into a job by being nice. Years ago you could walk into a job off the street, if the boss liked the look of you, you were in. I am the same age as Shit Teeth Sheila and I didn't do great at GCSEs as I was lazy, after that I drifted for a few years until I fell into a job I enjoyed, and was lucky enough to get sponsored to undertake professional qualifications paid for by employers. I totally understand that not everyone is academic and some will struggle more than others, but you need at least some sort of solid grounding. I may not use things I learned at school any more, but say I'd wanted to be an architect, I'd have to know different calculations etc. Some of it is relevant depending on what you want to do, and having a good learning ethic will always stand you in good stead. She needs to realise that not everyone is lucky enough to bounce from one partner to another and manage to hoodwink strangers into giving you money to maintain your lifestyle. I would hope that by the time all her children are grown the influencer cult will have died off and our society will be placing more value on those who work hard than these dickheads prancing around filming themselves opening gifted crap and pretending it's a job. This pandemic has certainly highlighted the essential workers that actually keep our country running and hopefully going through this will encourage future generations to think about what career they enter into.