Were it not for that, I largely heard things like 'oh you won't be able to do this type of job, no point doing this kind of qualification' blah blah. I was forced to stay after school to learn how to touch type because that would be all I was capable of, typing up notes and doing admin. Childcare, that was ok too.
Amazing how many people have had such similar experiences to me and how few are making it through the system in one piece. Ad astra per aspera
I largely heard things like 'oh you won't be able to do this type of job, no point doing this kind of qualification'
My mother was a very severe asthmatic, who was called into her headmistresses study when she was about 14 to be told that they were calling her in to tell her that they weren't going to enter her for any exams, as there was no point as she was not going to ever be able to get a job. to which she answered that she'd meant to come in anyway to say she was leaving as she already had a job.
They were fairly insistant that the only thing that she'd ever be capable of was cooking and cleaning. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
An uncle who was a builder should be able to sort him out with a labouring job. An aunt with a shop should employ him to run errands. I once heard it suggested that Tesco ought to be grateful to have him collect trolleys as part of their (quote) "cripple quota", seeing as he (quote) "only looks retarded".
And it doesn't end there, does it? Despite his degree, he's not employed. It's a source of sickening, smug little comments by those who always said spending money on his education was a waste, and who are too stupid to see that they and their kind are his only real disability.
