Today I'm angry about.....

[bobo the clown]

Having a day out in Blackpool tomorrow (don't ask!) and with the expected inclement weather in mind thought we might venture into the Tower and ballroom for a trip up the Tower etc etc. Just looked at the website and have changed my mind. Four of us going, 2 adults and 2 17yr olds - day out in the Tower = £360!

They are having a laugh, Shirley.

What ???

B-hell, I'm glad I have more class !!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Having a day out in Blackpool tomorrow (don't ask!) and with the expected inclement weather in mind thought we might venture into the Tower and ballroom for a trip up the Tower etc etc. Just looked at the website and have changed my mind. Four of us going, 2 adults and 2 17yr olds - day out in the Tower = £360!

They are having a laugh, Shirley.

What ???

B-hell, I'm glad I have more class !!

At that price I hope you get a donkey ride included in that.

[Prufrock]

I'd want a donkey for keeps for that much!

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

So that's how we were landed with Darren Pratley!

[TANGODANCER]

Blackpool, the blue-collar riviera in bygone days. Days out on the Blackpool Belle, cheap digs, cheap beer, chips and amusments. "Bygone days" seems the operative description, or "Those were the days, my friend".

[bwfcdan94]

Commiserations, Dan. Welcome to the 'real' world and 'real' jobs where real people are required to do real work. I suppose that your job is no different from most - meaning that it is not good enough to be clever in one skill but also to understand the 'whys' and the 'wherefores' involved and be able to adapt to them. As far as bemoaning the fact that you have spent a few bob goes then forget it; it's time you bemoaned your own performance and try and work out why you failed (not once, but twice - even after much revision time being allowed you!). Good luck.

I am sorry for thinking about the financial implications of things Dujon, I am an accountant after all. I honestly believed I failed because I wasn't good enough, I put loads of hours in revision, was the only person on the course with 100% attendance, always handed in any assignments and homework on time and still failed. I took a risk in paying to do a course, although I failed the course it is possible that if I hadn't have been on it at the time especially with my 100%
attendance record and at the time I had passed all my exams with just 1 to go, I wouldn't have got the job I now have. I think taking risks is a very daft thing to do and as teenager I have realised that it's generally best to play it safe and preserve what you have got rather than take risks, in particular financial risks. I have got a full time job in a field which I enjoy and from what I have been told I am doing quite well in. Lots of people with much better qualifications than myself and people with much more intelligence than myself don't have jobs or have jobs which they don't enjoy/ they are overqualified to do. I think I have learnt a lot overall from the experience in
that however hard you try in life you might not always succeed, the key is to always try your best in whatever you do, as that is what gives you the best chance of succeeding.

[Bruce Rioja]

Losing my mobile in a cab. Realising that it's not around and ringing one's own number. Getting called back on the land-line some minutes later by the taxi driver who tells you that he has your phone. Giving the c*nt a further £5.00 to deliver your phone back to you. Discovering that he/she/someone's had a fecking field day on your phone.

[Hoboh]

Losing my mobile in a cab. Realising that it's not around and ringing one's own number. Getting called back on the land-line some minutes later by the taxi driver who tells you that he has your phone. Giving the c*nt a further £5.00 to deliver your phone back to you. Discovering that he/she/someone's had a fecking field day on your phone.

Many calls to Karachi?

[bobo the clown]

↑↑↑ Worse .... I believe it was being used as a sex toy !!

[Beefheart]

Today I found out (as expected) that I failed my retake, I can't help but feel I wasted 1000s of hour in lessons/revising, £100s on train fares to Reading, £40 to retake the exam and of course the days holiday. Almost as much of time and money as watching our failing football team.

Can't you resit again?

[Burnden Paddock]

↑↑↑ Worse .... I believe it was being used as a sex toy !!

By Bruce before it was 'lost', or the taxi driver??

[bwfcdan94]

Today I found out (as expected) that I failed my retake, I can't help but feel I wasted 1000s of hour in lessons/revising, £100s on train fares to Reading, £40 to retake the exam and of course the days holiday. Almost as much of time and money as watching our failing football team.

Can't you resit again?

No I would have to resit the whole level I.E 6 exams.

[bobo the clown]

Today I found out (as expected) that I failed my retake, I can't help but feel I wasted 1000s of hour in lessons/revising, £100s on train fares to Reading, £40 to retake the exam and of course the days holiday. Almost as much of time and money as watching our failing football team.

Can't you resit again?

No I would have to resit the whole level I.E 6 exams.

So that's it ? You give up .... on the career you dream of ?

[Bruce Rioja]

Today I found out (as expected) that I failed my retake, I can't help but feel I wasted 1000s of hour in lessons/revising, £100s on train fares to Reading, £40 to retake the exam and of course the days holiday. Almost as much of time and money as watching our failing football team.

Can't you resit again?

No I would have to resit the whole level I.E 6 exams.

So that's actually a yes then.

[Beefheart]

Today I found out (as expected) that I failed my retake, I can't help but feel I wasted 1000s of hour in lessons/revising, £100s on train fares to Reading, £40 to retake the exam and of course the days holiday. Almost as much of time and money as watching our failing football team.

Can't you resit again?

No I would have to resit the whole level I.E 6 exams.

So that's actually a yes then.

So the time and money is only really wasted if you choose not to.

[bwfcdan94]

It's more I could retake it through home study, which at this moment in time I cannot afford and in doing so give up all of my evenings/weekends to taking a course which I have been told won't affect my employment or my salary at my job. Given I failed one of the exams(twice) when I had plenty of time to study, I don't think my chances when I much much less time to study, on a completely different syllabus are worth risking £1000(which I don't have and won't have unless I save up every spare penny for months) on retaking the whole level. I may well feel differently in a years time when if I have settled into my job, have saved enough money and believe that I can actually pass it. I am not looking to become a brand spanking charted accountant, working for a huge firm, earning loads of money. I am happy doing a accounts/admin role on a salary which wherever I go will be less that than the national average salary
because it is what I am competent at and enjoy doing, I don't want to be head accountant at some huge firm, I don't want the stress nor the responsibility. If all of you were being honest you wouldn't want to reach the top of your profession because if you did you would work 24 hours a day 7 days a week giving no regard for you families and having no interest in anything other than work.

[BWFC_Insane]

It's more I could retake it through home study, which at this moment in time I cannot afford and in doing so give up all of my evenings/weekends to taking a course which I have been told won't affect my employment or my salary at my job. Given I failed one of the exams(twice) when I had plenty of time to study, I don't think my chances when I much much less time to study, on a completely different syllabus are worth risking £1000(which I don't have and won't have unless I save up every spare penny for months) on retaking the whole level. I may well feel differently in a years time when if I have settled into my job, have saved enough money and believe that I can actually pass it. I am not looking to become a brand spanking charted accountant, working for a huge firm, earning loads of money. I am happy doing a accounts/admin role on a salary which wherever I go will be less that than the national average salary
because it is what I am competent at and enjoy doing, I don't want to be head accountant at some huge firm, I don't want the stress nor the responsibility. If all of you were being honest you wouldn't want to reach the top of your profession because if you did you would work 24 hours a day 7 days a week giving no regard for you families and having no interest in anything other than work.

What you want and aspire to now may be very different in the years to come. In my experience qualifications only get harder to get as you get older. Time becomes harder to find the more responsibility you have in your life and trust me however much you think you have your life mapped out now it will change, when you least expect it and in ways you can't imagine.

Don't totally reject getting qualifications now because you can't see how they are immediately useful or because they will take your free time up. In a few years time you may hugely regret it.

Obviously only you know what will be best but just think that not everything will always be as it is now.....

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

If all of you were being honest you wouldn't want to reach the top of your profession because if you did you would work 24 hours a day 7 days a week giving no regard for you families and having no interest in anything other than work.

Simply not true Dan. The work and sacrifices you make now will largely determine your future. If you have no dreams and ambitions at your age you will most likely live a miserable life full of regret. No one is saying you have to hit the top, but at least try and get off the bottom rung.

[Burnden Paddock]

If you're still doing AAT Dan, have a look at the link below. Free study materials which would make home study more accessible. I used this place quite a bit whilst doing ACCA to supplement my paid for study.

http://opentuition.com/aat/

[bwfcdan94]

If all of you were being honest you wouldn't want to reach the top of your profession because if you did you would work 24 hours a day 7 days a week giving no regard for you families and having no interest in anything other than work.

Simply not true Dan. The work and sacrifices you make now will largely determine your future. If you have no dreams and ambitions at your age you will most likely live a miserable life full of regret. No one is saying you have to hit the top, but at least try and get off the bottom rung.

Why are you saying money and power is the only way to be happy? as I have said before if I can afford to watch my football team( even if it means going without some of these so called necessities) then that will make me happy. What won't me happy will be basing my whole life around my career, work and qualifications.