I've been trying to get into science for ages.
I got accepted onto a course for preuniversity environmental science with lab techniques, which would be incredible. Unfortunately, I would never be able to afford it, since I was denied a Back To Education Allowance, which I learned about this year, after being on a Jobseeker's Allowance claim for the past 3 years.
I have a degree in culinary arts, but managed to get an autoimmune disease that means I can't work in kitchens anymore (I can just about manage cooking at home, but having to cut more than 2 potatoes is a struggle). But because of the degree, which I really regret getting, they won't give me a BTEA to advance into science. They would rather I stay on JSA for the rest of my life.
Most people I meet, including my now girlfriend, assume I'm a scientist because of the way I talk and what I read and watch, but I've never gotten any scientific education, which is my biggest insecurity.
Could anyone give any advice? The heck do I do?