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General Category => Blather and Babble => Topic started by: CandyGirl on 14 June 2016, 04:49:03 pm
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Don t know if the mods will allow this but I am curious, how well educated are you?
I did poorly at school although I wasn't t that interested in learning, constantly in trouble and in detention although mostly for minor things. I was good in sport but kicked off the gymnastics team and tennis team for skipping school. Left with very average results, although did OKish in physics and computing.
My spelling is really poor but I am better at maths then my sis who has a business degree.
So are we all drop outs or are there ladies here with PhDs in rocket science
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This almost definitely needs to be related to sex work.
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I dropped out of school long before my exams because I was so bored, I felt it was holding my intellegence back. I then went on to gain quite a lot of qualifications at college/uni a few years later.
So I am both a dropout AND educated.
RELATION TO SEX WORK: I do sex work because I can, through choice, not because I have limited options. It's not the only thing I do, and it's often not my biggest earner.
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I started working during my BSc. I keep coming back every time I go back to school! Currently on my 2nd MSc. All the other girls I know seem to be students too.
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I have a "first" from a university on par with Harvard or Oxford. It's in a useless subject, though. I did it whilst whoring because I thought it would be fun to go to uni. I grew up chavvy and wanted to be more educated and cultured. It's for my own satisfaction and has never affected my income/work.
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I studied chemical engineering when I left school. At the minute I do part time economics and business law. I started accountancy last year but for personal reasons had to defer so I'll back full time in september with any luck. :)
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Done my gcses done ok but could have done better, got a job dancing at 18, always thought about going back to study but was scared so carried on with the sex industry.
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I have a bsc and msc from one of the best universities in the country, I also for a time worked for a very prestigious company until mental health issues kicked in.. This went from a stopgap to something that's just sort of stuck.
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Finished high school with very good results, never had any interest in pursuing university degree of any kind.
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I think experience can outweigh qualifications. Look at what every one of us goes through in this job, we make mistakes, we learn and educate ourselves. We manage our own time, finances and lives. We are able to work with a dimension of people we might not necessarily get to in civvy life. I sometimes come on here and feel as if it's a lot of negative posts (fine, where deserved) but, done well, you've acquired so many transferable skills you can take elsewhere.
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I think experience can outweigh qualifications. Look at what every one of us goes through in this job, we make mistakes, we learn and educate ourselves. We manage our own time, finances and lives. We are able to work with a dimension of people we might not necessarily get to in civvy life. I sometimes come on here and feel as if it's a lot of negative posts (fine, where deserved) but, done well, you've acquired so many transferable skills you can take elsewhere.
Can't put it in a cv though x
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I'll leave it since lots of people have answered and there is a vague link to sex work, but yes, it needs to stay on topic. If everybody answering could try and crowbar at least a tenuous prossie-connection in, that would be grand :).
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Can't put it in a cv though x
Why can't I? I can see why some people would choose not to, but that doesn't mean you can't. I'd rather have ten+ plus years of running a successful business by myself on mine then a lengthy list of ricochets from one crappy minimum wage job to the next, which is what any CV of mine would have on it otherwise :).
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Can't put it in a cv though x
Why can't I? I can see why some people would choose not to, but that doesn't mean you can't. I'd rather have ten+ plus years of running a successful business by myself on mine then a lengthy list of ricochets from one crappy minimum wage job to the next, which is what any CV of mine would have on it otherwise :).
Well you can of course, but if I were going to an interview in a civvy job despite all the people skills I have etc I wouldn't be at ease with how I gained those skills in front of an interview panel and I think a lot of employers would be miffed? Comes down to the stigma of our job and the majority of peoples opinion of it.
Maybe I'm wrong?
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I've put it on my CV which I've used to take on voluntary work in a 'profession' role ie position of responsibility and trust. In fact I've just been asked to become a trustee of a charitable organisation on the back of it.
I have been through several interviews with 'the job' and I'll agree it's tough and not without judgement. I have been turned down because of my sex work which was more to do with the prejudice of one person, others in the same organisation were fine with it. So yes it can be hard, but I've also come across organisations who don't even vatan eeyelid they are more interested in my skills, can I do the job.
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I've put it on my CV which I've used to take on voluntary work in a 'profession' role ie position of responsibility and trust. In fact I've just been asked to become a trustee of a charitable organisation on the back of it.
I did voluntary work a couple of years ago and got a fake reference from a friend in a civvy job, I was worried they wouldn't want me if I was honest.
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I think experience can outweigh qualifications. Look at what every one of us goes through in this job, we make mistakes, we learn and educate ourselves. We manage our own time, finances and lives. We are able to work with a dimension of people we might not necessarily get to in civvy life. I sometimes come on here and feel as if it's a lot of negative posts (fine, where deserved) but, done well, you've acquired so many transferable skills you can take elsewhere.
Can't put it in a cv though x
True, BUT, depending on the layout of your cv, you don't need to relate the skills you've learned to any specific job. List it in your key skills, say you were self employed - job title doesn't need to be so specific. Honestly, I did recruitment/training for years and demand for good transferable skills is out there.
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I think experience can outweigh qualifications. Look at what every one of us goes through in this job, we make mistakes, we learn and educate ourselves. We manage our own time, finances and lives. We are able to work with a dimension of people we might not necessarily get to in civvy life. I sometimes come on here and feel as if it's a lot of negative posts (fine, where deserved) but, done well, you've acquired so many transferable skills you can take elsewhere.
Can't put it in a cv though x
True, BUT, depending on the layout of your cv, you don't need to relate the skills you've learned to any specific job. List it in your key skills, say you were self employed - job title doesn't need to be so specific. Honestly, I did recruitment/training for years and demand for good transferable skills is out there.
But wouldn't they ask specifically where, when and how you got these skills? And proof?
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I've put it on my CV which I've used to take on voluntary work in a 'profession' role ie position on of responsibility and trust. In fact I've just been asked to become a trustee of a charitable organisation on the back of it.
I did voluntary work a couple of years ago and got a fake reference from a friend in a civvy job, I was worried they wouldn't want me if I was honest.
I've added to my post, you might find the extra bits useful.
In my profession to lie and be found out would put my integrity into question, it's also on my DBS certificate which I have to show - not as a conviction (although I do have non-existent work offences) but as what the police know to be my occupation. The uni where I did my professional training know, as do the professional body.
In reply to the OP I had A levels, HNC, BSc before I entered sex work. Since then I have completed a post-graduate Masters Degree level qualification which was also professional training, now adding to that with A level standard plus additional professional training which will allow me to combine two subjects and offer a very specialised service.
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I think experience can outweigh qualifications. Look at what every one of us goes through in this job, we make mistakes, we learn and educate ourselves. We manage our own time, finances and lives. We are able to work with a dimension of people we might not necessarily get to in civvy life. I sometimes come on here and feel as if it's a lot of negative posts (fine, where deserved) but, done well, you've acquired so many transferable skills you can take elsewhere.
Can't put it in a cv though x
True, BUT, depending on the layout of your cv, you don't need to relate the skills you've learned to any specific job. List it in your key skills, say you were self employed - job title doesn't need to be so specific. Honestly, I did recruitment/training for years and demand for good transferable skills is out there.
But wouldn't they ask specifically where, when and how you got these skills? And proof?
No, a lot ask you to prove a situation where you demonstrated these skills. If your cv is strong enough, even with breaks, you're fine. I apply for third sector work - they don't care where I learned anything but how and what I did to achieve goals. Honestly, get out and do what you want to do along side or apart from this. Xx
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I've put it on my CV which I've used to take on voluntary work in a 'profession' role ie position on of responsibility and trust. In fact I've just been asked to become a trustee of a charitable organisation on the back of it.
I did voluntary work a couple of years ago and got a fake reference from a friend in a civvy job, I was worried they wouldn't want me if I was honest.
I've added to my post, you might find the extra bits useful.
In my profession to lie and be found out would put my integrity into question, it's also on my DBS certificate which I have to show - not as a conviction (although I do have non-existent work offences) but as what the police know to be my occupation. The uni where I did my professional training know, as do the professional body.
In reply to the OP I had A levels, HNC, BSc before I entered sex work. Since then I have completed a post-graduate Masters Degree level qualification which was also professional training, now adding to that with A level standard plus additional professional training which will allow me to combine two subjects and offer a very specialised service.
Thanks Mirror, I'm not brave enough and it was just 3 hours a week voluntary but hated the lies, I won't name the charity but it involved vulnerable single mums and kids so was scared they'd assume I'd be a bad influence if I were honest, which of course I wasn't .
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I've got a science degree. Mostly I enjoy surprising clients, especially one who was a uni lecturer in my old subject. :) And also those who assume we're all too thick to do anything else...
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I think experience can outweigh qualifications. Look at what every one of us goes through in this job, we make mistakes, we learn and educate ourselves. We manage our own time, finances and lives. We are able to work with a dimension of people we might not necessarily get to in civvy life. I sometimes come on here and feel as if it's a lot of negative posts (fine, where deserved) but, done well, you've acquired so many transferable skills you can take elsewhere.
Totally agree with you
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I was always top of my class at school but I dropped out young, I didn't do my GCSEs. I always hated school, I found it really boring and I've always hated being told what to do, which is why this kind of job is good for me. Sometimes I regret dropping out and think I could have gone to uni and got a really good job, as I know I'm smart enough, and I think my family is disappointed in me as they expected great things from me, but I just like to do things my own way... maybe one day I will go back to school but I would feel kindof silly now doing my GCSEs at my age. People are always surprised that I dropped out so young and say I seem intelligent. I always read alot, so I'm self-taught I guess. But it's obviously hard for me to get a civvy job now when I don't even have GCSEs to prove it
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I've put it on my CV which I've used to take on voluntary work in a 'profession' role ie position on of responsibility and trust. In fact I've just been asked to become a trustee of a charitable organisation on the back of it.
I did voluntary work a couple of years ago and got a fake reference from a friend in a civvy job, I was worried they wouldn't want me if I was honest.
I've added to my post, you might find the extra bits useful.
In my profession to lie and be found out would put my integrity into question, it's also on my DBS certificate which I have to show - not as a conviction (although I do have non-existent work offences) but as what the police know to be my occupation. The uni where I did my professional training know, as do the professional body.
In reply to the OP I had A levels, HNC, BSc before I entered sex work. Since then I have completed a post-graduate Masters Degree level qualification which was also professional training, now adding to that with A level standard plus additional professional training which will allow me to combine two subjects and offer a very specialised service.
Thanks Mirror, I'm not brave enough and it was just 3 hours a week voluntary but hated the lies, I won't name the charity but it involved vulnerable single mums and kids so was scared they'd assume I'd be a bad influence if I were honest, which of course I wasn't .
I'm working with vulnerable people, and alone in 1-2-1 situations or with personal contact details. In one role (once again with vulnerable people) I'm their first and sole point of contact, and there's no one monitoring me.
Like you I thought 'bad influence' and won't trust me (I also sometimes handle cash donations the record for which I'm responsible for) because I'm a prossie (and of course I also have a criminal 'record' so thought double whammy).......totally gobsmacked that they treat me like any other person. Interesting how stuff you 'read' affects your perception. In reality I'm in a huge position of trust.
I did have some good references from education and a former employer (who also knows about my sex work but not whilst I worked for them), just built it all up with specific quals, and a bit of voluntary experience in a group setting. They actually said they'd have taken me for the solo role, but I wanted to prove myself first.
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I've got a degree, post grad degree and various other quals. Never really got me anywhere. Since starting escorting I have money in my purse for the first time in 20 years (single parent). That's UK society for you.
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I've got a degree, post grad degree and various other quals. Never really got me anywhere. Since starting escorting I have money in my purse for the first time in 20 years (single parent). That's UK society for you.
In my case it was a result of me losing my way during my degree, went in all guns blazing as mildly (couple of years older) mature student, motivated, by the end all I wanted to do was party, drink and take drugs. Hardly studied in final year, was more interested in the next party, didn't get myself onto any graduate schemes, took any old job locally, ended up in debt, drinking and partying more........
Sex work gave me time and space to pull up my socks, get into recovery and retrain. Now I don't want to get out of it, but I do have other passions and I've got to give them a chance. I'm also really proud to have turned my life around. For a while it wasn't looking very good. :(
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Yep. Sex work has enabled me to start re-training for a different career as I am so unhappy in current one. Money gives you opportunities/choice. Without it, I wouldn't be able to do any more qualifications as employers seem to not fund CPD anymore. Last qual I did, my employer wouldn't fund eve though it was central to my job. I had to do sex work in order to do it; in order to stay employable...in order to re-train.
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I did reasonably well at school (got a few A's and B's back in the days when Gcse's were actually hard!).Did vocational type qualifications and some university.Tenuous link to sex work just for Amy!I think there are very few ladies who do this because they cannot get another job due to lack of education or qualifications.Most of us do this as it fits in with lifestyles or because we sussed out we can make more money in less time than a regular 9 to 5.
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Yes, I don't think doing sex work is linked to amount of or ability to gain qualifications...I think it's cos women get into it to get more money then get hooked on the apparent ease of making it this way (even though I don't think it's easy at all really...it just takes up less of your precious time to make the same amount).
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I have a BA (hons) and a second degree in another subject. I do worry about what I'm going to put on my CV if I ever leave escorting. I can't exactly get references from clients!
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I am university degree educated. Istarted whilst at college doing phone sex lines. But escorted during university xxx
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Yes, I don't think doing sex work is linked to amount of or ability to gain qualifications...I think it's cos women get into it to get more money then get hooked on the apparent ease of making it this way (even though I don't think it's easy at all really...it just takes up less of your precious time to make the same amount).
I left school, went to college HND and hated my job choice after a few years. then about 12 years ago I started retraining in a completly different field. I love my civvie job now but make ?12 an hour. Overtime is not paid at a higher rate. I work an 8 hour overtime shift and with tax, ni and a higher student loan payment get left with roughly 57. And a precious day off gone. Compared to one hour booking a week minus expenses! Its a no brainer. And if I get a few bookings I'm laughing.
But yeah its harder in a different way. Emotionally stressful, who is coming through the door? Dealing with tw.
Sometimes I wish I had started this fulltime 20 years ago. I've got loads of qualification's and a student loan bill that would still choke a horse! What would of been the better choice? I wonder
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From 10 to 16 I hardly went to school due to bullying, left after Standard Grades (which I did OK in but not brilliant).
Then started an access course at the local college when I was 20, but had to leave after 1 month due to personal circumstances.
Volunteered for a well known charity for 4 years.
I am now due to start a NQ in Business and then if pass that I might apply to do an HND.
I do believe my few years volunteering has helped me with dealing and interacting with clients and I probably would have struggled if I hadn't done it.
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I have a degree. Plus a piano diploma (not that that's relevant!). I have also studied Legal Executive/Law for a while.
It used to bother me in the beginning that I had qualifications and was doing this sort of work. Now I am at peace with it. It helped to learn that many others had had a good education and it isn't just a job for those who lack qualifications etc.
That's why Saafe is such a great site as we get to hear about others.
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I have my Bachelors in Psychology and I have a Bachelors in Greek and Roman Mythology the second due too me being bored while married for the first few years. I then went on to do my exams in Project Management and got licensed and worked for 10 years for a large pharmaceutical company, it was after a nervous breakdown and leaving my husband that I moved in with a friend who did this for a living.
She had a working house and I took to it like a duck to water, left my PM job after 2 months of doing this part time, it helped me to get stronger emotionally and I was happier within myself which in turn helped me to fall pregnant.
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I have a very good and desirable job in civvie world, degree level education. If I had to do it full time I would have a breakdown its so appallingly stressful and exhausting. This enables me to just about still enjoy the bits of my job I originally got into it for.
I feel so sorry for my colleagues.
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Yep, I have my Bachelors and half my Masters. I stick with sex work though because a normal office job is just not something I can deal with long term. I need the flexibility/short hours.
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Done two years on a Bachelors degree one more to go. After that will see if I stay in education I'll probably keep working depending on schedule but I plan to quit when I'm done with University. All prostitutes I've met personally irl have been students there are quite a few of them and it makes sense due to high costs and debt plus the difficulty of getting a decent paying job and having spare time to work on studies.
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It used to bother me in the beginning that I had qualifications and was doing this sort of work. Now I am at peace with it. It helped to learn that many others had had a good education and it isn't just a job for those who lack qualifications etc.
I wouldn't feel ashamed in any way. I think the women on here, regardless of qualifications, are bloody clever cookies...as they have done the following:
'The whore is despised by the hypocritical world because she has made a realistic assessment of her assets and does not have to rely on fraud to make a living. In an area of human relations where fraud is regular practice between the sexes, her honesty is regarded with a mocking wonder'.
Cato the Younger (95-46 BCE)
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'The whore is despised by the hypocritical world because she has made a realistic assessment of her assets and does not have to rely on fraud to make a living. In an area of human relations where fraud is regular practice between the sexes, her honesty is regarded with a mocking wonder'.
Cato the Younger (95-46 BCE)
Excellent quote :)
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Yes we should all be applauded for having the bottle and nounce.
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I've got a degree, post grad degree and various other quals. Never really got me anywhere. Since starting escorting I have money in my purse for the first time in 20 years (single parent). That's UK society for you.
In my case it was a result of me losing my way during my degree, went in all guns blazing as mildly (couple of years older) mature student, motivated, by the end all I wanted to do was party, drink and take drugs. Hardly studied in final year, was more interested in the next party, didn't get myself onto any graduate schemes, took any old job locally, ended up in debt, drinking and partying more........
Sex work gave me time and space to pull up my socks, get into recovery and retrain. Now I don't want to get out of it, but I do have other passions and I've got to give them a chance. I'm also really proud to have turned my life around. For a while it wasn't looking very good. :(
Are you me?
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So are we all drop outs or are there ladies here with PhDs in rocket science
Yes,,, quite a few woman here have studied at PhD level, myself included and quite a few are what you term "drop outs",,,. I spent many years in academia before working in industry. We all have different reasons for coming to sex work. Like many woman here, I began sex work to support my children as a single parent. I needed to balance the books. A simple case of economic necessity. It was a choice. And is really the same choice a person existing in a totally unsatisfying minimum wage job also takes when she / he chooses sex work.
Over the years I've met many sex workers. In my experience there is little correlation between educational attainment and success as a sex worker. What is necessary is emotional intelligence. The sex workers I have met tend to have that by the bucket load. Some of the most considerate, well informed, intelligent and articulate sex workers I have met left school with very few qualifications. But they all have grown considerable emotional intelligence.
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I agree with that. I think a good sex worker will be skilled in being (or appearing to be) mentally and physically 'present' for the client. That takes skill. They have to have very good communication skills.
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I have a BTEC, an HND and a BA Degree. All of which got me precisely nowhere!!!
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I have an HNC, BA and PGDE.
I'm working on a PHD in sucking cock ;D
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I have an MA and now studying accountancy, whilst working part time in an office. Even if i was to work full time, I would still escort. Last month, a client invited me for a weekend away. That alone has paid my rent for three months. I ate cheese and drank champagne all weekend, had amazing sex, and enjoyed a beautiful natural setting. It's a fun job. And if it's bothering you that you've dropped out of school, then why don't you do a bit of soul searching, and skills assessment, and perhaps do a course in something you like.? I love learning languages for example. And cooking. Wine tasting. There's more to learning than English and Maths. x
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I have a BSc in health and social care, gave that up and I'm a qualified canine behaviourist and trainer. Ran my very successful business and gave it up to become a fully qualified whore. I have been in training for 25 years for this job. I am no longer ashamed of my promiscuous youth
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I've got GCSEs and that's it. I started A-Levels but was so sick of education and had my first sniff of cash working (not as an escort. ?2.20 per hour in the local bingo hall!) and just quit education forever and went to work full time.
I still have a civvy job 8-4pm every day. I earn a bloody good salary but then I'm bloody good at my job. However, to own property in my area I need a much higher wage. Hence escorting.
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I have BA in History, currently working on a Diploma and and advanced Diploma in Leadership and Management.
Working as an independent sex worker for the last 17years. I have run several businesses, but sex work pays the best, allows the most flexibility, fun and travel. Not to mention,I get to lay around in sexy lingerie all day. What's there not to like? ;D
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So I found out today I am definitely off to start my degree!! Yaaay!!!
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I didn't give a toss in school although I done reasonably well considering. In this Industry you need to have a good personality, be thick skinned and have your " savvy" about you. You don't get any these from private school.
No one should beat thereself up about not having an education because ANYBODY, when they put there mind to it can get a degree or qualifications. I worked with a lady who constantly bragged about her middle class up bringing and education but didn't know her head from her arse, with absolutely no people skills what so ever.
I see myself as educated person, It might not be on paper but I its life education. Be proud of yourself no matter what xxxxx
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Congrats Lola!
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I have a degree, fell into escorting for the money and the fact I enjoy sex.
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I always did really well at school and left with very good grades, but by the time I started A-levels and university for my dentistry degree (eep) I became very severely depressed for a number of years. I left dental school after the first year (had a complete change of heart) and started an arts degree at a different uni. Worked part time in retail all through university but started sex work just as I was finishing my degree and carried on after.
As an aside, I'll echo what other people have said about education - it's really no indicator for intelligence, success or your value as a person!
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I have an HND and a BA, fat lot of good they did me though! I escort for all kinds of reasons but as a result a civvy job is dodgy and my last one I was outed by one of the public. No idea exactly who still to this day. I definitely don't want to go through all that again but my education really was a waste of time and just left me with debt. Can't ever see myself in regular civvy work though as I really really hate it. Literally brings on anxiety attacks and dread each day. I've always had these feelings ever since I was a teen, I'm definitely not made for civvy work. Still, a shame my education hasn't been put to good use and all its amounted to is debt.
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CurlsnCurves I agree with civvie work and what you say. I used to get quite bad depression and anxiety over the years of working 9 to 5 and wouldn't go back to it even if it paid double. Just not worth the stress for me!
It does seem such a shame though that people have to get in such debt doing a degree these days. I do really feel for those who do it. I was lucky enough to do a degree when a grant paid the rent and fees were non existent. Comes of being so old I guess! Hah.
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Congrats Lola!
Thanks VC, I'm over the moon. X
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I did my a-levels and got decent grades, but I didn't go to uni. I was interested. My parents didn't want me to go and they convinced me not to. I regret allowing them to do that. They wanted me to concentrate on finding a nice man and settling down etc etc.
Well...that didn't exactly happen.
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I'm into my 2nd week of an NQ in Business, wether I will move on to the next level (if by some miracle I pass ;D) is another matter.
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I only got five GCSEs, much to the concern of my family. Since then I got qualified in my field and became a published author. Qualifications are great but they are not the be all. You can do whatever you want as long as you have the passion.
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I only have 5 GCSE's, C D D E E. I went onto college for some health and beauty courses for 3 years and then I was fed up of college when I was a stripper at 18-19 as I found I liked escorting more than any other job after I was 19/20. Now I'm 25
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I have a degree and worked in management positions from graduation for 15 years. Started sex work whilst still working for my last job as I left my husband and moved into a flat by myself which stretched my finances a bit so I started on adult phone lines and then sex work once I realised that was more lucrative! I loved it and it made such a massive difference to my income. Juggled both for a year or so until I got outed by a tabloid and had to resign job- ironically pushing me into sex work full time!
I lost the nerve to apply for jobs because a quick google of my name would bring up my 'tabloid shame' and I couldn't face getting a job and then being found out and losing it. Even though I resigned my job as opposed to be sacked and was assured a fair reference I just couldn't do it. Anyway, escorted full time for 4 years and 18 months ago got another freelance job with a small business where I told the boss the truth- she was a friend of a friend who recommended me to her and my friend say she thought the woman would understand. She was outraged at what had happened to me and took me on! I now do sex work part time and the other job part time. It;s great because I'm paid by the day and at busy times it's a full time job and I can do less escorting but during quiet times I can escort more.
I'm lucky really, having been in a place where I believed my career had been ruined and there was no way out of sex work.
Sorry, went off at a tangent there!
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maybe one day I will go back to school but I would feel kindof silly now doing my GCSEs at my age.
I'm rather late to this post but just felt I must comment. I have no idea how old you are but please don't feel silly doing GCSEs because I did one recently and I was older than the teachers! ;D It was fine and I wasn't the only mature student by a long shot. Loads of middle aged people like myself go back to school when they decide a change of career is what they want. If you feel too self conscious sitting in a class room you can always learn the subject at home but register yourself for the exams. I'm back at uni (doing a BSc) and loving it, even though I'm one of the oldest there.
I went into sex work yonks ago when I got bored of my old career and on the whole it has suited me. The flexibility has allowed me to take courses and do voluntary work which would've been impossible had I still been in mainstream employment. The worst part is that this job has caused relationship difficulties (I've found most men don't want to love an escort if she's still seeing clients) and I've worried for years about what I'd put on my CV. Thankfully part of one of mymodules involves writing CVs and doing mock interviews so that should be interesting!
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I had a very respectable career/ job in which I got verbally threatened daily , attacked physically at various times and escorted ( lol) from courts etc due to the evidence I had to give , so I've had to be a good judge of character, risk assess situations , people and their drug alcohol dependency etc ...so as far as escorting goes I feel less vulnerable ( but still acutely aware of the risks) than I did and I earn 3/4 times the amount I did then ...plus it had huge responsibility and a whole heap of stress so it's helped me in the long run , I've been paid to be assaulted / abused prior to this and I'm aware it could happen at anytime but I've been fortunate so it's helped me so far , plus I relate to colleagues that visit me to release their stress lol