Short messages on Education from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
School is paid for and it is your opportunity to learn for free. Later in life, education costs significantly for any course you want to do to raise your standard of living.
A logical and systematic decision-making process helps you address the critical elements that result in a good decision. By taking an organised approach, you’re less likely to miss important factors, and you can build on the approach to make your decisions better and better.
Ask lots of questions when doing an apprenticeship. It’s the perfect opportunity to learn from years of experience from the experts.
Someone who presumes to know everything has closed themself to learning all the things they didn’t know, and have closed themself to the opportunity that brings.
Experts have experience and a specialised mindset – copy their activities and find out why they perform actions in that particular way and not in other ways.
Although qualifications cannot guarantee you a job, people with the right skills and qualifications have a better chance of finding a job with good prospects and more money. They may also have more job security.
If you are a parent under 20 at the start of your course, Care to Learn can help pay for your childcare and related travel costs while you’re learning – up to £160 per week.
Everyone knows people who seem to be naturally good at everything. Instead of being jealous or envious of them, learn from them. Ask if they can help you learn to do something the way they would do it, and practice until you accomplish it.
If someone (such as your teacher or boss) is talking and you switch off, that is the time to ask questions.
If you do the minimum of effort required to get the basic job done for a project – either at work, home or school – you’ll get the minimum returns and rewards. Putting in more effort gets much greater rewards.