Both my parents haven't worked since the 1980s and I've got a Cambridge offer AMA

What's your point?

Physicists do the math, engineers put it into practice. I don't see how the academics' work is more 'real' than what the engineers do.

My mam quit work to become a mother then became mentally ill and then got took off Disability Living Allowance by the ATOS tests and then she went on JSA and then she was a carer for her mam and got Carer's Allowance but she died over two years ago and she went back on JSA and in one interview she was asked when she last worked and she said August 1986 and they wanted her to have worked recently.

My dad stopped working in 1984 I think due to mental illness and since then he divorced my mam and married another woman who gets money through her solicitor(something her rich parents set up I think) and through shares and stuff they don't really get that much each year and usually spend it too quickly but he still gets some disability payments and is applying for some sort of pension credits he is 64 now.

I am not sure about my career aspiration but I am interested in Meteorology/ doing pure maths research I want to solve some juicy maths equations.I have always been very talented at academia since I was a child and I am motivated by my obsession with academia, my love of Maths and the fact that I really want to get better grades than everyone else.

I really think you're taking my point a bit too literally. The person I was originally talking to was saying that academia has nothing to do with the real world. I said that given that academia is the study of the real world, I don't see how that point makes sense. This really wasn't supposed to be some kind of important philosophical statement!

Even though it is pretty much universal?

Or maybe times have changed or you just went to a particularly terrible school?

Most people I've have spoken to have work experience from year 10.

I really think you're taking my point a bit too literally. The person I was originally talking to was saying that academia has nothing to do with the real world. I said that given that academia is the study of the real world, I don't see how that point makes sense. This really wasn't supposed to be some kind of important philosophical statement!

not that useful for the majority of jobs in the real world.

nothing to do with the real world.

You do realise that he probably did this because he felt insecure about his achievements and the other person probably struck a nerve? Some people feel the need to justify their worth to themselves and others because deep down, underneath that thin layer of arrogance, lies a feeling of utter despair and worthlessness...

Your story doesn't give you an excuse to be arrogant and ignorant of others, also stop talking like your higher than others, my cousin had a worser upbringing than you and has still remained humble, her parents have a mental illness and her siblings, they poor, dad only works in a take away, she went to worst state school in the area but still got into Cambridge, so for your own sake get a reality check before dissing people with B's just because in your mind they haven't worked as hard, I dont care about your struggles in life, because iv experienced worse and seen worse, its no wonder you got lot of red gems

Bro, do you even lift?

Do you have a girlfriend?

What's your opinion on this?

What other universities did you apply too?

Which college?

Seems you had a tough upbringing. The attention was hardly focused on you and so you turned to working hard in academia to get some. Your obsession with academia and the success of your achievements has made you arrogant, unafraid to say things that are charged with irrationality. Try to stop viewing yourself as a mortal god because you have a couple of A*s. After a while, your academic achievements will not be as admired and you'll have nothing else to make you feel good.

How do you plan to use your degree? Congrats on the offer.

Curious: I got a B in GCSE Maths, and a C in GCSE Additional Maths. In your book, does that make me an idiot?

I am not sure about my career aspiration but I am interested in Meteorology/ doing pure maths research I want to solve some juicy maths equations.I have always been very talented at academia since I was a child and I am motivated by my obsession with academia, my love of Maths and the fact that I really want to get better grades than everyone else.

You do realise that he probably did this because he felt insecure about his achievements and the other person probably struck a nerve? Some people feel the need to justify their worth to themselves and others because deep down, underneath that thin layer of arrogance, lies a feeling of utter despair and worthlessness...

Are you a quota? You look like a quota.

Well, I'm sorry if it came off that way but unfortunate circumstances doesn't permit the dehumaisation of people who haven't achieved the same grades (OP compared less academically successful people to animals). Same rule applies to those who are insecure about themselves as it cancels out any common sense.

If that's the case I feel deeply sorry for them. It's been said to death but there really is more to life than just A-grades and the OP will find that out soon enough. I wish him well at Cambridge nonetheless.