in the end,it's your GRADES which matters! if you are going to school and then joining tuition too then whats purpose of schooling? btw you have to go to institution at any stage of your life like college/uni,joining school is the normal way and many students do this while doing o level's. and yeah,school's and teachers can only help you getting good grades and in the end,it's you who have to study hard to achieve your goals and as i said earlier,most of o levels students appear through schools.school life is fun,don't miss it! and why did you left school ?