Leaving school before finishing all the Grades.

I left school before finishing all my Grades.

Greetings to all. 

When I finished Grade 9 (Standard 7) I left school 1984. This was the first time my mother ever struggled with me. My mother told me I must go back to school the following year. I then replied to that, I told my mother that she can hit me to death I am not going back to school. I told her that I wanted to start to work. My mother then gave me an ultimatum, if I didn't have a job before the school started I must go back to school. I agreed to that. The following year I had a job. I started working as a apprentice motor mechanic. All was well for a couple of months till one day, the owner of the garage that I was working for called me in. He told me I must go, for he had nobody to give me training further. I only found out that the artisan that I worked with was going to leave. When I went back to the place I wrote the test to find out what type of jobs I will be able to do, the place told me that the owner of the garage I worked for that was his way to operate. He used people for cheap labour for a couple of months then he lets them go. I was 16 years old that time and I already felt how it feels to get told that I have lost my job. It was not a good feeling. I then realized after that, that I was a child in a grownup world. If I can give advise to anyone that wants to leave school before Grade 12, not to do it, try to get education before going for a job. For a young person to work in a grownup world is not easy. The time I started working it was allowed by law to work so young, these days you have to be 18 years of age. To get back to the work situation. My mother and I prayed for another job and not even a week later I had a interview by a engineering company. The Lord was so good that I got the job. I was the youngest of all and the Lord helped me and gave me the strength to become the best boilermaker apprentice they ever had. All the glory goes to God. This is where I started to learn the boilermaker trade. So although I left school young the Lord carried me through.

I learned through the work and got my N2 certificate so I did not just stay at Grade 9. I just want to say again to all that are reading this, get as much education as possible. If you can improve the way you are going to live, do it.

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