I am sorry for your situation as well, as anyone would be. this topic has many ideas: immigration; poor education; religious Darwinism; being punished for poor personal planning; simply watching too much sports, not spending time to create new needed employment skills; spending time with friends and parents whom have similar concerns. my suggestions are to think more about how skilled work is carried out; improve verbal communication skills by listening to intelligent speaking media programs hopefully picking up subconscious behaviours and phrases. don't be scared of being a nerd. take up computer repairing hobbies. read a book on accounting if only to work out what the book was trying to communicate. my favourite suggestion is to avoid media political readings and talk fests, political conversations having no skilled thinking. Avoid making emotional decisions quickly, instead take the time to slowly consider what you're doing with long term planning considerations. to me education is more a natural selection employment for truck drivers employment, slowing better wage employment with bad thinking skills, which if realised can be self-corrected.

Gday. Would like to thank you all again.
Wish I had your eloquent power of speech.
I have 4 stepkids, yes I won the custody dispute (dont really see her ex made it too hard).
I work really hard. I worked in the mines for 10 years commercial fishing 10 yrs, payed heaps of tax, I just want to teach my stepkids to have a strong work ethic. Seems to be working.