I dont really know about the education system there.I was the same at school i didnt want to be there most of my friends left in yr 10 but i wasnt allowed.I finished and got a job as a trainee dental assistant/hygienist.I did that for5 a few yrs and finished the course was ok.I never wanted to go to uni i cant justify paying $50,000 for a year at university even though there is a hecs fee so it dont need to be payed until your earing over 40,000 a year.The things that i love and wanted to learn i had to pay big money for but the other (more important things) through tertiary and further education is the best way to go.It probably only costs $600 per year for whatever u want to do.There is just about every course imaginable and heaps of trade courses like chef or electrical engineer whatever.I became a qualified aromatherapist,cert 1,2 &3 fine arts,dental course and im about to apply for a course called artistic welding i hope i get in there are no formal entry requirements for that course as its a pre trade course.