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Originally Posted by jasonojordan
Then apparently I went to the wrong school (or should I say right one). If you can't handle the stresses of school then how can you ever expect to be a functioning adult of society and handle the stress of owning a home starting a family managing a group of people or project at work. Not saying the OP can't do these things or won't be able to but really I truly feel that this last generation or so of kids are hand fed so much stuff that when they make it to college they are not even remotely prepared to handle the class load because they have had little to zero responsibility to this point in their lives to manage(Once again a generalization.)
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Well, obviously if you can't make it in school you cant make it after. Everything is just obstacles you have to get through. But maybe I'm the only one that looks at things that simply.
I was going to school while part of "the real world" so maybe I'm different. I got "lucky" by inheriting a house when the woman that raised me very suddenly passed away. Beyond dealing with the death the house is over 100 years old and still needs so much work its not even funny. We're tackling one big project a year hoping to take care of it eventually. I was taking 6 classes (thats 36 hours in classroom a week so almost full time) and doing an internship that was 8 hours a week. I had to move back to said house and commute over an hour to school each way and then another 15-60 to my internship depending on traffic. I worked 20 hours a week and still needed with living expenses. No job I have held has been more stressful then that
I've been fortunate in my life but not spoiled. Getting help along the way isnt wrong if you make something of it in the end cuz it wont always be there. I know some people dont agree with that but it's just how I see it.
I know a handful of guys my age that still live at home with no job or the same minimum wage since after high school. But I also know plenty of kids who moved out at 18 and 10 years later have a family and are buying their first home. It may be more slackers or whatever then prior generations but its a poor generalization to think its the majority.