a little rant I had one night:
teachers held me back because they think achieving something in life means having to be smart enough to go through something really hard to earn a massive paycheck, and really, if I had the power, I'd go out and change all of them, just so they could turn around and realise that self fulfilment is a greater achievement than doing some stupid amount of work with crazy amounts of stress only to earn millions when you're too old to spend it.
I'd rather be a homeless, self expressive artist, than a depressive millionaire with a degree in being a bureaucratic drone.
morale of the story, dont let anything hold you