Aww, thank you. :smile: I don't have 'an education' (not beyond the age of about 15, anyway). There's a distinct difference between intelligence and knowledge, I can learn from a book - without a tutor. Unfortunately, without a piece of paper stating your qualifications/knowledge - you're stupid in the eyes of many people. I don't think I'm a bad person because I didn't go to Oxford or Cambridge, but growing-up - I wanted that sort of learning experience. It feels like a missed opportunity, that's all.
When I said 'education', I really meant the artificial concept of 'education'; the suggestion that you need several years of student-debt to be a decent member of society with a functioning brain. Sadly, because people have believed that false-notion for years - it's no longer false. Not completely, anyway. Everyone in my position is tarred with the same brush: We were all too stupid or lazy to get 'an education' and find a nice job. Not everyone believes that, of course. But, at the end of the day - I'm just another statistic. One that says I'm an unemployed, uneducated (and therefore unemployable) person. At the same time, I realise that if I'd been intelligent - I'd have seen beyond sickness and other problems and got some qualifications.
Regarding my dependability, it all comes back to the same thing. I can't promise to pay the bills (for example) because I don't have a job. Without an education, I can't get a decent job. I refuse to take benefits from the government or go back to a job with no morality, logic or basic humanity. So, pride is another factor meaning I (or someone like me) can't guarantee a good life. A strong, caring person would make such a promise and keep it, regardless of the challenges involved. I don't know if I could. It's like having a child, in many ways. I don't think I'd be a very good father. With that doubt in my mind, I know it's not worth the risk - they would be better-off without me. So, I don't mean to suggest that I'm a bad person - just that there are more suitable people out there.