Spath
After my wife finished her A levels at school in Cradley Heath West Midlands she got a job as a wages clerk with a company called Gerrards. They made turntables for record players. It was very much a stop gap job before she decided on a career.She hated living in her parents house,so, bought a plane ticket to Ibezia and armed with a work visa (she still has it) found a job in a hotel in their travel agency. She dealt with mainly Spanish people who wished to holiday elsewhere ( mainland Spain usually). The hotel provided a room but in peak holiday period she had to find alternative accommodation. She rented a room in a Taxi driver's house with his family.She had to speak Spanish as they had no other tongue. She taught the children a few English phrases.She did this for four years and now speaks Spanish like a native. If she wished she could command huge fees for interpreting at Strasbourg or Brussels to this day.After four years she had saved for a deposit for a house but decided her career was to be in Nursing. In 74 ,as a student nurse, she met me.We bought our first house in London in 78. A five bedroomed Victorian Terrace in Colliers Wood. After 40 years nursing,where she was often asked to translate, she has retired.
If a young girl of 17 can up stumps,get a Spanish work visa and jump on a plane to get a job surely it can't be that hard for you to at least try and do something for yourself rather than rely on mum and dad for a roof over your head.