When kids in high school or college complain about how tough it is, I recall being there myself. Having to hustle for shcolarships, part time job at minimum wage to pay for school, dealing with phonies and stupid people. But guess what. You're responsible for only yourself. In the future, you'll still have tight deadlines, unrealistic expectations, dealing with all kinds of terrible people, but you'll also get to be responsible for others, not just taking kids to appointments or whatever, but having to provide for them as well.
Man, did I lose sleep in 2009 when my company laid off 80% of the employees in our town, and the other two big employers went through bankruptcy so houses were worth nothing for those moving away to get others jobs (of which there were few, because of the terrible recession), and I was the sole income source for my wife and four kids. Not just the income, but health insurance as well.
I'd gladly trade that for having three finals & a term paper due.
Part 2:
I got to take over the work of several laid off coworkers, and come in at 4:30 AM many days to provide training to a team in China, and I wondered if I was training my replacements. When an emergency task came in, I had to start working on Sunday's because I was already coming in on Saturdays. Many days I thought my heart would explode. No other companies were hiring, and I was trying to figure out how to make it so if I did work in another state, my kids in high school would be able to stay at that school and not have to uproot for their last year or two. Plus, with the three largest companies in town going through bankruptcy, nobody wanted to buy a house here anyway.
So, I'm not posting this for sympathy, but so that you will see why plenty of people say that college (or high school) is the best time. You are responsible for you,and not a bunch of others as well.
Man, did I lose sleep in 2009 when my company laid off 80% of the employees in our town, and the other two big employers went through bankruptcy so houses were worth nothing for those moving away to get others jobs (of which there were few, because of the terrible recession), and I was the sole income source for my wife and four kids. Not just the income, but health insurance as well.
I'd gladly trade that for having three finals & a term paper due.
I got to take over the work of several laid off coworkers, and come in at 4:30 AM many days to provide training to a team in China, and I wondered if I was training my replacements. When an emergency task came in, I had to start working on Sunday's because I was already coming in on Saturdays. Many days I thought my heart would explode. No other companies were hiring, and I was trying to figure out how to make it so if I did work in another state, my kids in high school would be able to stay at that school and not have to uproot for their last year or two. Plus, with the three largest companies in town going through bankruptcy, nobody wanted to buy a house here anyway.
So, I'm not posting this for sympathy, but so that you will see why plenty of people say that college (or high school) is the best time. You are responsible for you,and not a bunch of others as well.