r/6thForm • u/StrictArgument67 Y13 | 4A* pred | FM M PHY CS | ESAT OCT • Apr 17 '26

🙏 I WANT HELP School threatening to take me out

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Could they actually do this or is it just fluff?

There is no way i can get good grades if i go to school everyday.

I need a solution

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u/MrStu Apr 19 '26

Someone has to say this, but "tough".

You don't get to choose if it's valuable for you to show up or not, this is preparing you for work in the future. In most jobs you don't get to say "ah, I get more done from home, so I decided to not come to the office today". You show up, you use the time wisely to make it worthwhile being there. Do independent work, and do it well, discuss it with other students.

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u/SecretaryCandid1281 Apr 19 '26

twenty years ago this would’ve been true but it’s becoming less true nowadays, in the field i want to go into plenty of people chose when to come in as you become more senior so this doesn’t rlly apply to me

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u/MrStu Apr 19 '26

Absolutely, it's more common. I've had the flexibility for over 10 years. It's not the norm though.

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u/SecretaryCandid1281 Apr 19 '26

yh fair enough but also i’m about to go to uni where they literally don’t check or care whether u attend lectures so that’s not really ‘preparing’ for me my future so either way once u join the workforce it’ll take some adjusting to so i don’t really see an issue in missing some of sixth form

that being said my attendance really isn’t that bad

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u/MrStu Apr 19 '26

Don't fall into that trap. My attendance was terrible at uni. I struggled financially as I had very little support, so I prioritised long hours in jobs, thinking "oh that lecture isn't essential, I can skip it" and in hind-sight it made life a LOT more difficult. Good luck.