I did not get my education through school. Yes, I physically attended school and passed the said exams, but my real education began before I started school when my mother taught me to read. I always asked 100's of questions in school and never got what amounted to satisfactory answers for me. I made sure that my sons got an education and didn't regurgitate what the government system said they needed to memorize. I wanted to teach them to think outside the box that the education systems like to put young minds.

Congratulations to your brother on his retirement. He made it! I had a couple of cousins who changed careers partway through because they became so disillusioned with the system.