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Originally posted by AGDee
I believe that, 20 years after college graduation, most will look back on those years as the most fun years of their adult lives. I also believe that most would rate their level of responsibility in their post-university jobs as higher than that of the jobs they held while in school. There are other life responsibilities that don't come up until later also. More people depend on you in a variety of different ways. You're taking care of your parents, instead of the reverse. You frequently have responsibilities to a spouse, to children, or other dependents. Your financial responsibilities grow exponentially. Your responsibilities within your household increase (upkeep of a house vs. a student apartment, etc).
Whether you experience more "stress" or not is a whole different discussion and irrelevant to this thread. Stress and responsibility don't necessarily go hand in hand.
You really seem to be taking this as a personal attack and it isn't, so I'm not sure why you're taking it that way. In the type of system I've spelled out, by babysitting and teaching pre-school, you would have fulfilled the requirements. You just would have served in that type of capacity for two years before beginning college, while earning money, and had a "GI Bill" type deal to help you with college after that.
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I'll admit I'm probably taking this too personally, and taking too much of my own life experience into this (admittedly a poor tactic for discussion)...I just think you're painting things with an awfully broad brush. I'm married, house-hunting, have bills and financial obligations, and have a challenging job, and I still believe I had quite a bit of responsibility in college. If I ever end up having kids, maybe that will change that, but I don't think I'll ever look back at college as a responsibility-free zone.
It's not only you who has said it, and I probably shouldn't direct my responses only to you, but I just get annoyed by the whole "When you get older, you'll realize real responsibility" argument.
You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but I just felt the need to respond with mine.
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