Employers actually question you about your so-called "failure" in not getting a degree at the age of 21 in Singapore!
2006-10-01 16:40:44 · 3 answers · asked by iwillmoveawayoneday 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
I think people don't really value life lessons or "Street Smarts" in professional settings. Having suffered several false academic starts myself, it took me 7 1/2 years of school over a period of 9 years to earn my BA, and I earned it with better marks than my high school diploma. While I'm extremely proud of my degree, I consider the varied and sometimes ugly experiences along the way in my academic career as just as valuable in teaching me about understanding people and situations, which I just could not learn in a classroom environment.
Perhaps we late-bloomers are somehow viewed as unsteady or lacking in drive or commitment, which is a very incorrect assumption. Life gets in the way sometimes.
2006-10-01 16:56:01 · answer #1 · answered by fancybrowneyes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stereotypes!
Take heart. Walt Disney, Col. Sanders and many more were late bloomers in life.
I know you said academic late bloomers, but it all is relative.
2006-10-01 23:46:10 · answer #2 · answered by woundbyte 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are like NEW Money people. Those that never have money and now they do. People hate when others change for the better. Nothing but haters in this world.
2006-10-02 01:27:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋