I'm 32 - in school i just didn't bother doing a lot of study, my coursework was always left till the last min and then i'd just scrape a pass or even fail it, and my GCSE exams i didn't even take seriously. I left school with 4 GCSE's and a BTEC after sticking 6th forms for a year, however after 14 years out of education and drifting from job to job (I've literally had about 100 jobs because i felt that nothing ever suited me) I went back and did an access course (social sciences) and am now finishing up my first year on a psychology degree. My study pattern now is totally different, although i do leave stuff late, i do a lot more reading and engage with the subjects more as I'm interested in them, whereas in school i wasn't interested or bothered by them.