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15 years ago
*Sorby!*
So school has started again for me, full time, to boot, yet it's given me some time to think. I've gotten a slow start on a career, and yet at the same time, I got this feeling that there will be a case of deja-vu in regards to my previous experiences with college, and yet at the same time, the other half of my brain is worried about what kind of job I will get.
Speaking of jobs, my mother wants me to get a job right now while I'm taking classes, now I can understand that and all if I was a part-time student, but I'm not. I think of it like this:
(Warning, Math!)
My normal week would go like this.
Classes - Mon-Thu. 4 1/2 hrs on Mon and Wed, 3 hours on Tue, and 6 hours on Thurs. Makes for 18 hours of lecture time. Normally standard procedure calls for around 2 hours of studying per one hour of class time, including homework and such, so that's 36 hours right there. So 54 hours of the week is already dedicated to school.
Commute - 1 1/2 - 2 hours roundtrip a day, makes for 6-8 hours dedicated to driving alone.
Sleep - My sleep schedule consists of roughly 6 hours a day, less than normal, so that's 42 hours there.
Social schedule - I try to devote some time to socializing with my friends and family both on the internet and in real life, usually 3 hours a day, makes for 21 hours in a week.
Now a normal week consists of 168 hours.
I have 123-125 hours of that already tied up with my obligations, so in order to get a job of any caliber, I'd have to give up my social life altogether, and I really don't want to do that, even a part time job would mean that I have little to no time to stop and think or enjoy the moment. Maybe I could do odd jobs on days I don't have school, but I'd be a wreck before spring break.
I don't know, maybe I'm complaining too much, but I had to get that off my chest. =/
[Edit] I was also thinking of taking up some storywriting.
Speaking of jobs, my mother wants me to get a job right now while I'm taking classes, now I can understand that and all if I was a part-time student, but I'm not. I think of it like this:
(Warning, Math!)
My normal week would go like this.
Classes - Mon-Thu. 4 1/2 hrs on Mon and Wed, 3 hours on Tue, and 6 hours on Thurs. Makes for 18 hours of lecture time. Normally standard procedure calls for around 2 hours of studying per one hour of class time, including homework and such, so that's 36 hours right there. So 54 hours of the week is already dedicated to school.
Commute - 1 1/2 - 2 hours roundtrip a day, makes for 6-8 hours dedicated to driving alone.
Sleep - My sleep schedule consists of roughly 6 hours a day, less than normal, so that's 42 hours there.
Social schedule - I try to devote some time to socializing with my friends and family both on the internet and in real life, usually 3 hours a day, makes for 21 hours in a week.
Now a normal week consists of 168 hours.
I have 123-125 hours of that already tied up with my obligations, so in order to get a job of any caliber, I'd have to give up my social life altogether, and I really don't want to do that, even a part time job would mean that I have little to no time to stop and think or enjoy the moment. Maybe I could do odd jobs on days I don't have school, but I'd be a wreck before spring break.
I don't know, maybe I'm complaining too much, but I had to get that off my chest. =/
[Edit] I was also thinking of taking up some storywriting.
I sure hope so as well, fortunately, my father is siding with me, and he does wear the pants in the family, for the most part.
Regardless, it's not like I didn't try to get a job before, but the job market here in the states is so crap it's not even funny.
Besides that, I think things will work out for the better. I got her convinced that having a job and being a full time student would be really adverse to my health.
And I'm not exactly in prime health either.