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Originally posted by KSigkid
I'm sorry you got that experience, but for some of us, college included working to pay tuition (including some nights and weekends), and living in the "real world." I think we need to be a little careful in our generalizations.
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I didn't say that I didn't work.I started working when I was 13 years old. I worked two jobs through most of my college years and held an academic scholarship which required at least a 3.50 to keep.
My rent was cheap, I paid 1/3 of the utilities, the jobs I worked didn't have the level of stress or responsibility that my "grown-up" jobs have had. The amount of responsibility in taking care of your own tuition and paying for college housing is not anywhere near the level of responsibility of managing employees, working in your career, raising kids, paying the mortgage, etc. There's no comparison, seriously. Nobody else was depending on me to put food on the table or keep a roof over their heads. I didn't have to do laundry for a bunch of other people, clean up other people's messes, shop for their clothes, etc. In comparison to my current level of responsibilities, it was no big deal.