My teachers were going berserk when I said I was going to do window cleaning. They pushed me hard for college and uni, but I resisted, much to their annoyance!
I went back a few years later. My old tutor of five years and some other teachers let me in the staff room during a break time and asked how I had got on. I got great joy telling them about skills I had learned. I told the I was Head of accounts, purchasing, sales, marketing, PR and HR, all at the same firm. When they asked which firm, I said "Mine!" I have been going for 16 years since school and my profit has increased every single year.
I now earn more than many of those teachers who were telling me to get a 'proper job', and I am proud of it.