In high school, one is taught that once you step out into the Real World, everything changes relatively quick, which so far I have found to be true. All of the once popular people now come crawling back to the ones they used to prey upon because they were smart. The value of a dollar to a person in university is extremely higher than that of a high-schooler, and the fact that most professors in university don 't specifically teach in class. Thus, the all around responsibility put on a person in post secondary education is ridiculously high in comparison to that in high school.
The cost of a post secondary education in Canada varies, but the average student pays upwards of $16,600 per year ("Cost of post-secondary education", 2016) for four …show more content…
Since most students go to school full time (9-15 credit hours), work part time (0-30 hours a week), and volunteer (1-3 hours a week), one is basically paying to have a mental breakdown or fail. Ever since I was a kid, all I have heard from teachers to television shows is that, time is money. The truth of that statement really did not hit me until I ventured out of my teenage years to legalhood. Spending six hours in school every second day, Professors expect for every hour spent in class is one to two hours of work at home. This means twelve hours of homework for every day spent at school. Doctors recommend eight hours of sleep ("National Sleep Foundation", 2016). Furthermore, there are only twenty-eight hours left in the week for eating, travel, hygiene regimes, exercise, hobbies, and spending healthy time with family and friends. In high school, the only things you had to pay for were binders, utensils, and paper. All of the books that were read in class would be lended out to you for free. One would only have to pay if …show more content…
As one becomes legal, all the pressures of the Real World are put on them at once. That being, finances, food, clothes, medical needs, wellbeing, grades, family, etc. The process of learning to become an adult is very taxing, and being the perfectionist that I am is ridiculously stressful. High school was one of the easiest times of my life, burdens aside. Intro to Psychology does not fall short on this list, it being my hardest class. Post Secondary has been a slap in the face and continues to be every grade I
The cost of a post secondary education in Canada varies, but the average student pays upwards of $16,600 per year ("Cost of post-secondary education", 2016) for four …show more content…
Since most students go to school full time (9-15 credit hours), work part time (0-30 hours a week), and volunteer (1-3 hours a week), one is basically paying to have a mental breakdown or fail. Ever since I was a kid, all I have heard from teachers to television shows is that, time is money. The truth of that statement really did not hit me until I ventured out of my teenage years to legalhood. Spending six hours in school every second day, Professors expect for every hour spent in class is one to two hours of work at home. This means twelve hours of homework for every day spent at school. Doctors recommend eight hours of sleep ("National Sleep Foundation", 2016). Furthermore, there are only twenty-eight hours left in the week for eating, travel, hygiene regimes, exercise, hobbies, and spending healthy time with family and friends. In high school, the only things you had to pay for were binders, utensils, and paper. All of the books that were read in class would be lended out to you for free. One would only have to pay if …show more content…
As one becomes legal, all the pressures of the Real World are put on them at once. That being, finances, food, clothes, medical needs, wellbeing, grades, family, etc. The process of learning to become an adult is very taxing, and being the perfectionist that I am is ridiculously stressful. High school was one of the easiest times of my life, burdens aside. Intro to Psychology does not fall short on this list, it being my hardest class. Post Secondary has been a slap in the face and continues to be every grade I