Sorry to hear that, my mother herself wanted to be an artist but due to my grandfather pushing her to be a doctor she was forced to pick up all sciences and she wasn't very successful. Very soon after that she just started working and then got married.

Don't worry bad GCSEs don't mean anything..we are in England, there is soo much options to go around..here in my town we have options to do all sorts of courses no matter what the qualification.

Are you a brummie