Might be a hot take but I think both high school and university are (typically) much more difficult and stressful than career work. Constantly having to process, assimilate, and retain new information at a breakneck pace; perpetual assignments and exams which have huge educational, social, and monetary repercussions upon failure; all this while also having to find a way to earn enough money to survive on minimum wage shit jobs with zero job security or recourse for poor treatment.
Yes, by the time you’re employed you probably have way more responsibilities both inside and outside the workplace which can make life more stressful, but no workplace I’ve been in has challenged me nearly so much as hs and uni.
High school and university are also the times where you’re the least interested in learning. Young people are far more likely to forego learning in favor of partying gaming etc.
Also I had a lot of trouble with assignments. It was always such a disconnected mess of random things that had no clear goal. The goals were decided on the spot by the teacher and the focus was more on pleasing them rather than learning.
At least with work it’s simple. Here’s your task, go and do it. There’s no 1000 random little things to keep track of.
You know, there’s some validity in that. College was hard as fuck; and half the stress was the jobs to keep living and going to class, but 3 jobs makes for little study and sleep. It’s a race to the bottom where you may get a degree, or may die of malnourishment.
Might be a hot take but I think both high school and university are (typically) much more difficult and stressful than career work. Constantly having to process, assimilate, and retain new information at a breakneck pace; perpetual assignments and exams which have huge educational, social, and monetary repercussions upon failure; all this while also having to find a way to earn enough money to survive on minimum wage shit jobs with zero job security or recourse for poor treatment.
Yes, by the time you’re employed you probably have way more responsibilities both inside and outside the workplace which can make life more stressful, but no workplace I’ve been in has challenged me nearly so much as hs and uni.
High school and university are also the times where you’re the least interested in learning. Young people are far more likely to forego learning in favor of partying gaming etc.
Also I had a lot of trouble with assignments. It was always such a disconnected mess of random things that had no clear goal. The goals were decided on the spot by the teacher and the focus was more on pleasing them rather than learning.
At least with work it’s simple. Here’s your task, go and do it. There’s no 1000 random little things to keep track of.
You know, there’s some validity in that. College was hard as fuck; and half the stress was the jobs to keep living and going to class, but 3 jobs makes for little study and sleep. It’s a race to the bottom where you may get a degree, or may die of malnourishment.