I'm old, but was also depressed and stressed in high school many years ago. But I am as an adult too. Hormones also don't help with teens and early 20s.
If fast food jobs are paying $20+ an hour, are skilled jobs that could be done with a speciality college degree not paying more? Not a generic liberal arts degree, but engineering, social work, or some sort of specialty degree?
Wouldn't full-time school and part-time work be more hours and more stress than high school? Or a full-time worker and part-time student?
I attend full-time school now and do full-time work and this is far more hours than I put in back in high school, and I took AP everything/did most of the clubs my small crappy school offered/etc.
Fast food jobs might not pay good forever. Fast food jobs can sometimes be hard to get during some economic cycles. Same with retail. Those jobs are easy to get and everywhere now, but I remember a few years ago when I hard a hard time even finding a retail job in my area. The pay ceiling is also limited in retail and fast food, though managers at both can make ok (sometimes even decent money).
If I could go back in time, I would take fewer AP classes. I would do fewer clubs and less volunteering. I would half ass more classes, instead spending time with friends and family more often. I got into a top tier school when I was 17, but for what? Serious debt? Not getting the degree back then because I couldn't afford it? To be miserable in both high school and my first time in college?
If fast food jobs are paying $20+ an hour, are skilled jobs that could be done with a speciality college degree not paying more? Not a generic liberal arts degree, but engineering, social work, or some sort of specialty degree?
Wouldn't full-time school and part-time work be more hours and more stress than high school? Or a full-time worker and part-time student?
I attend full-time school now and do full-time work and this is far more hours than I put in back in high school, and I took AP everything/did most of the clubs my small crappy school offered/etc.
Fast food jobs might not pay good forever. Fast food jobs can sometimes be hard to get during some economic cycles. Same with retail. Those jobs are easy to get and everywhere now, but I remember a few years ago when I hard a hard time even finding a retail job in my area. The pay ceiling is also limited in retail and fast food, though managers at both can make ok (sometimes even decent money).
If I could go back in time, I would take fewer AP classes. I would do fewer clubs and less volunteering. I would half ass more classes, instead spending time with friends and family more often. I got into a top tier school when I was 17, but for what? Serious debt? Not getting the degree back then because I couldn't afford it? To be miserable in both high school and my first time in college?
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