Quote: Chris28 "A bit sweeping.
Mrs 28 got Ds at A level, a 2.2 in Applied Science at an old Poly and is now a barrister.'"
You used to be able to do that in yesteryear, but professions like law and medicine are now so competitive you are highly unlike to get on with those sorts of grades nowadays. I know legions of people who have graduated with law degrees and cannot get anywhere in the profession beyond some low-paid paralegal type job.
Is she a practising barrister, i.e. did she do pupillage and get taken on as a tenant? Pretty much anyone who is willing to pay £10K to do a year long course can get called to the Bar. Actually making some money out of it as a day job is a lot harder, and full respect to her if she has achieved that.