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Primary school, middle school, sure, good times.
High school and college... I'll take one job any day over a "job" per subject. Except the long breaks, my adult life really needs those. I get so jealous when work with a European colleague has to go on pause as they take a gigantic time off.
Nah, in school I always thought working would be so much better, but I also felt I would likely change my mind by the time I got there.
I have not changed my mind one bit.
Yeah, I can't stand people who peaked during high school.
Work is a million times better. Because you get to do what you love and people actually respect your opinion. And if they don't you can say "fuck you" and just move to a different job.
The best part? I get home and I don't have to think about work anymore. Unlike with homework.
you get to do what you love
I get home and I don't have to think about work anymore
You have a good job, live in a country where this is possible etc…
For many people on Earth this isn’t possible
It's not that school isn't bad (in most countries at least). It's that working is just even worse. School is only nice in comparison. Just like getting beat up is nice when compared to getting murdered.
Life at least was not miserable during school days. Those who say "freedom". Where do you see freedom when you work all day? Literally you are doing the same thing that you did at school, even longer hours now that you are working lol
I would never trade the freedom I have now to be back in school as a kid who is beholden to the wills of adults around me.
Exactly. As much as I'm bored and unhappy at work, it pales in comparison to the prison that school was for me. And living at home with parents. Miserable.
Yeah. Now I dont have homework AND I get to spend money on stuff I want
I had way more freedom as a child because I had less responsibilities.
I work longer hours than I spent at school. I don’t get to goof around and have fun with friends during that time. I come home exhausted and have to do more work to maintain my existence. And I have to constantly worry about money. I don’t get to stay up to 2am playing StarCraft or Diablo every night, and if I even think about it my body will hate me.
Shit was easy and fun. The only benefit of adulthood is I allegedly have more money for stuff, but I can’t buy it because I need to be responsible.
I would, but not because school was better—i was picked on regularly—but because i want to make better choices.
You and me both.
The thing about these comparisons is they are usually one-way, disregarding some of the more important aspects within the current situations.
I used to sleep on the desk, could not help it. Even when I had sleept the previous night.
I also fell asleep on my feet in the store when I was being trained.
Is it possible to have narcolepsy from stress?
I can't tell if you're talking about school or job
Here, it was one and the same.
You have a class that is just real life work in this country.
At least I am paid to sit at the computer. Hated being a kid, no freedom. Adult, responsibility, sure, but paid to work, go where I want, choose how to spend my time and honestly plenty of choice in HOW I get my paid work done.
Boring meeting are awesome if you're paid hourly. You don't even have to actually do anything to earn the money
You have to time it juuuust right. You want to ask just the right questions at just the right time to bring the meeting so close to lunch time that by the time you get back to your station and set up your equipment its immediately time to pack it away for lunch time.
It's a trade off. The lack of responsibilities as a kid was nice. Overall, though, yeah, the freedom is better.
I freakin' LOVED school. I just hated the getting up early part.
Tbf school was way more than just "boring." Remember waking up at 6 am and immediately running few miles in gym?
Went perfectly nice with the following 8 hours where you learned how to do absolutely foreign concepts and rotated the subjecs every hour or so.
Also having to ask for bathroom permission was an experince. We had "tickets" that can be used 5 times per year like some fucking videogame consumable.
in college, teachers complained that a proposed law that would enforce students having at most 2 hours worth of homework a day would mean they would have to give significantly less homework (saying its barely anything)
in my class, i do not know of a single person that sleeps the recommended number of hours
i wouldnt consider school boring
I was actually having fun until we were all forced to use AI or fall behind. Now it’s boring as fuck and I’m not even allowed to work part-time? Typical capitalist scam.
That said, I like being an adult with adult money. I wouldn’t go back.
School: computers, social studies, math, gym, etc
Work: just computers 😎
School:
computers,
~~social studies~~ banned because woke,
~~math~~ gutted because too difficult,
~~gym~~ all funds moved to football program,
~~etc~~ eliminated to focus on standardized testing
I love Texas education! Please, officer, don't shoot! I'm saying the pledge again, for real this time, I promise!
The fuck is Texas education?
Is that some town nobody knows of in Africa?
It's actually from the Native American word "Tejas" which means Friendship.
It’s just computers all the way down.
Kids should work first, so they appreciate school more.
School sucked, I wouldn't go back
Yeah, same. Every day, no matter what happens, I wake up happy not to have to go to school. For decades now, the knowledge I don't have to go to school has brought me joy daily. It was the worst "job" of my life so far, by far. College not as bad (I did work and have kids between, went as an adult) but work has still been better, and certainly pays better.
Yeah high school was OK near the end for me, but college is really where it's at. I try to not be nostalgic for it or whatever, but having a schedule, easy socialization, and getting to learn new stuff ever day was so nice.
School is so boring!
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College was probably the most exciting period of my life. If I didn't have to pay to be there, I'd have never left.
Like Van Wilder.
I would fucking kill for a boring office job again.
Two suggestions.
First, check your local/state/federal civil service job sites. You will probably have to wait to get hired, but it's worth the wait. Strong unions, clear work rules, and steady employment.
Second, get this book. They probably have it at your local library. "Discover What You Are Best At" Linda Gail. I found it years ago while I was on workers' comp. It lead me to a career I'd never considered.
Good luck.
I lost my government job after Trump got elected.
One good thing about government jobs is that they are free from the constant pressure of Line Go Up and creating Shareholder Value^®^ that are ubiquitous in companies nowadays.
Downside though is that it's heavily dependent on funding availability or lawmaker fuckery.
ICE just got an extra infinity billion dollars.
Depends on the administration. Some look at these services and think "it's not profitable" and want to shut it down or privatized it.
Come fucking kill me then. Take my boring office job.
We'll collaborate to fake your death since you're being generous and thus you've endeared yourself to me. Is there any chance I could just pretend to be you?
No. No death, no deal.
Ok then. How do you feel being sacrificed to Tezcatlipoca?
What kind of job (or lack of) do you have that makes you wish for this hell?
I lost my frontend web developer and designer job being a government contractor after Trump got elected in May 2025. I was making 6 figures. Now the only work I can find is fulfilling online orders for a grocery store. I've been trying to get into project management. I have a PMP, PMI-ACP, and PSM I. I'm 40 and worried about becoming homeless if I can't pay my mortgage.
God speed, friend
Honestly I prefer it. I genuinely enjoy aspects of my career. Also I go home to a loving wife instead of my parents who while mom loved me very much both needed so much therapy.
Happiness really does come from within.
