tobygreen

[tobygreen]

Starting Out

I dropped out of high school in year nine once I became aware school could no longer help me.

I started an apprenticeship as a Boilermaker/Welder finishing it in just 3 years. I decided upon this because at the time a qualified boilermaker was making good money at the time...

I think the school systems are setup to create workers and followers. I felt like my creativity and forward thinking was being tamed down to fit a certain mould. To my  mind this is fucked and should be changed. 40% of everything I learnt in school is useless to me yet 90% of everything I've used to build business’s is self taught.

Schools are too busy teaching you what minerals money is made of instead of how to save and invest the stuff. Why the fuck do I need to know a 5 cent coin is made from 75% copper and 25% nickel when you don’t even teach me how to earn that fucking 5c coin.

Now...Im not saying school is useless to everyone, some people lap that shit up, i’m saying shouldn't we get a choice? Instead of making fucking art or music a mandatory in grade 7 why not do economics or financial planning? we all know art and music was just a class to fuck around and do nothing. I mean what 1 in 100 kids will probably become an artist or muso but 100 out of 100 kids could use some fucking financial planning knowledge in their lives. I guarantee you the economy wouldn’t be as fucked if this happened