Poor choices.

Sometimes there is little or bad guidance about what and where to study.
There is generally a choice between learning what you are interested in and learning what will enable high earnings.

Society is very selective in what it rewards and you may have difficult choices to make. You might decide on a career to give you an income, then study what really interests you in your spare time. If you are lucky, you might find some way of combining the two.

Whatever the background you may feel that more education would be worthwhile. Almost certainly you would be correct.

But there are many ways to learn.

Whatever you do, as long as you don't keep making the same mistakes then you are learning. But learning the hard way from many mistakes can be more expensive than a formal education and is unlikely to give you a framed diploma!

Anyone can make mistakes, the trick is to learn from them. Even better, learn from the mistakes of others! Get some training.

Education can be expensive but a well-chosen education can be a good investment that pays for itself many times over in many ways.

Education can take many forms. Here are some:

• distance learning - look at the 'Related links and this guide

• night-school - check local availability,

• on-the-job training,

• apprentice-ships - look at: apprenticeships

• sleep learning - look at: sleep learning

• NVQ's - look at: NVQ's

• DIY - you can simply get books from the library

  or even learn from research on the internet

Your choice depends on what you are interested in, time, money, whether or not you need a qualification, and whether or not you like meeting people.

Have a look at some of the links on this page to see just what a range of opportunities exist.

Good Luck!