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Yeah it's ridiculous. I'm quite lucky in that I've done both work experience and had a proper job, but for some it's crazy difficult to get experience because you need experience to get experience. Flawless logic.
I can't believe I'm saying this...but I miss working.
I forgot to come back to this thread.

(03-27-2014, 03:13 PM)Mr Maps Wrote: [ -> ]Over here, it's really normal. Most people around 17/18 and still in education (which they have to be) don't have jobs and many never have. I think it's partly because of the way the education system here is, the last two years of "high school" are incredibly stressful to many, so jobs aren't great because they make it worse.

That is a big reason why I haven't tried exceptionally hard to get a job. I took a full schedule (at my school you can take a partial schedule; at my old school you could only drop a class with an employer's letter) with difficult classes. I get home at 4:30 with a lot of homework, so when I'm done with that (and some other things I do around the house) I have a few hours to do whatever I want on a good night, but am up very late on a bad night. If I had a job in which I worked most weekdays this would kill me. I've only been applying for jobs that I think would let me work mostly on the weekends. The people I know who have jobs are taking half schedules and are taking easy classes. Though at my old school which is far less preppy/wealthy (as in, the students are less wealthy; it was still extremely over funded and not in a bad area) almost all of my friends got jobs over a year ago.

I can't take this shame anymore so I've decided I'm going to volunteer (doesn't require excessive hours and I can still go on the trip in June) and only put off paid work until June. The only reason I haven't done this already is because 1. The only place that isn't at least 10 miles away requires two letters of recommendation >_> and 2. Excluding career oriented internships, it's usually retirees who need something to do or fifteen year olds gaining work experience who will be like 'you're just now doing this, you fucking idiot?'. I haven't been able to get paid work so whatever.

I have a feeling people will still think I am lazy because it isn't paid work and not a real job, though it's more about what I think. Once I get past this awkward stage I know exactly what I want to do with my life. 8)
I think employers value volunteer work a little higher than your peers will. I know I always made fun of one of my friends who volunteered at the hospital when she called it "her job". All in good fun though.

I'm just gonna let you know now though that if the college you go to is anything like mine, college is waaaaaaaay harder and more time consuming than high school. Like I did a lot in high school, and I thought it was pretty hard, but looking back it makes me laugh that I ever thought a 1-2 hour long assignment was long/difficult. Last semester the weekly assignments in one of my classes generally took me about 20-24 hours to complete. I don't know if theres anything useful you can do with this information, but just be prepared.
lol, I know it's going to be way harder, but I'm expecting it will be easier to manage my time. If you look at how much I spend doing assignments as a percentage of the total time it's not really that bad, it's just the way the schedule works that makes it 'hard' (it's actually not hard, but it would be if I was working four-five hours every night on week nights). Between getting ready, transportation, and school itself I spend over ten hours, plus around one-five hours of homework (five last night, for example). Add four-five hours of work and that's at least my entire day and frequently getting zero-two hours of sleep, and zero time to develop my musical abilities (which I feel stupid for not developing enough already).

I'm probably way off but I'm expecting that university will be much more rigorous, but it will be easier to base things around my own schedule. In any case I'm going to try to do what you do and work a ton over the breaks and try to arrange just a small amount of work during the school (I know people with 4 hour work weeks during the school year >_>). I'm not in a huge hurry to move out yet so I just want enough to pay my share of the tuition and other costs (either 1/3 or 1/2. I haven't decided which is respectable enough). Since I'm just a stupid rich kid it's more about dignity than money for me at the moment.
Yeah, you do spend a lot less time in class in college. But then I used a lot of my highschool class time for getting my homework done. If you got a job only a couple nights a week it wouldn't be so bad. I was teaching swimming lessons on tuesday and thursday nights my senior year and it didn't get in the way too much. Granted it was only from 4-6:30.

Most work study positions are like 10 hours a week because they don't want to overload you. I think thats a pretty good amount to work, I just don't do it because A. I don't really need the money (except this semester because shit keeps going down), and B. I feel like it would interfere with my homework time. I might get a job during the semester next year though, we'll see. Working a ton over the summer definitely works well for me though. You just have to find something where you can get a lot of hours/pay, and you can start really soon after you get back from school.
(04-11-2014, 04:58 AM)carlcockatoo Wrote: [ -> ]I'm probably way off but I'm expecting that university will be much more rigorous, but it will be easier to base things around my own schedule. In any case I'm going to try to do what you do and work a ton over the breaks and try to arrange just a small amount of work during the school (I know people with 4 hour work weeks during the school year >_>). I'm not in a huge hurry to move out yet so I just want enough to pay my share of the tuition and other costs (either 1/3 or 1/2. I haven't decided which is respectable enough). Since I'm just a stupid rich kid it's more about dignity than money for me at the moment.
One thing about university is that it's not uncommon to spend 5 hours minimum, depending on your course load (and what you're good at). So, think that, if you take four courses (three credits each), it's not uncommon to spend 30-40 hours a week on homework in your senior year. That's basically a full-time job.

One tip: use the internet! If, for instance, you don't understand a type of math problem, then look it up. This past week, I reviewed a few different types of math problems and found excellent videos on Youtube for them. Watching a 10 minute video on Taylor polynomials saved me TONS OF TIME.
The internet is a great resource. It often will have the answer. The only time I have trouble is for my high level math stuff when its a really specific question.

Yeah, I think last semester I was doing upwards of 60 hours a week for school between class time and homework.
Just take what the Beatles really said; all you need is a good connection.
(04-11-2014, 03:55 PM)Danjo Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, I think last semester I was doing upwards of 60 hours a week for school between class time and homework.
Sounds about right. I tend to avoid taking more than 12 or 13 credits, if I can though. Because I have to commute every day. And I like having time to actually talk to my fiance every day, lol.
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