Education is rubbish... its great if you like doing things on other peoples terms and passing exams based around their set standards etc... but in the real world people aren't like that...
I've got 11 gcse's, 1 a level, 1 gnvq and a degree... I did this by learning how to pass exams, not by learning anything useful.
Where I learned things is from working, on real life projects.
To be honest, I wasted all my time at school, college and uni. Just did enough to pass everything, now I have these little bits of paper they mean nothing.
My portfolio gets me more work than any of these bits of paper. If someone can see you can do a job, then they're going to hire you. Degrees mean nothing these days.
Uni was only good for getting off my face and shagging around, thats all. I learned how to be an alcoholic there...