2008 Higher School Certificate

[BWNB]

I did my HSC once.

Oh boy how much I miss high school.

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[The Gambler]

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I dont enjoy a typical Australian 'uni student' lifestyle. I am doing a cadetship at an accounting firm so I worked for two years full-time, studying part time (doing night classes).

I now study full time, but still work three days a week.

For this reason alone I think I preferred my secondary school education more :lol:

I have no doubts that if I was just a full-time uni student my life would be alot different. Mind you, I get drunk frequently enough as it is :lol:

 

[BWNB]

I dont enjoy a typical Australian 'uni student' lifestyle. I am doing a cadetship at an accounting firm so I worked for two years full-time, studying part time (doing night classes).

I now study full time, but still work three days a week.

For this reason alone I think I preferred my secondary school education more :lol:

I have no doubts that if I was just a full-time uni student my life would be alot different. Mind you, I get drunk frequently enough as it is :lol:

O ok, thats fair enough. Im both a tafe and uni student so i get the best of both worlds!

 

[The Gambler]

O ok, thats fair enough. Im both a tafe and uni student so i get the best of both worlds!

I envy you...

I have heard good things about TAFE. :lol:

 

[BWNB]

I envy you...

I have heard good things about TAFE. :lol:

TAFE is easy!
Uni on the other hand...

 

[The Gambler]

TAFE is easy!
Uni on the other hand...

Is a biatch.

 

[Mr. Fahrenheit]

I dont enjoy a typical Australian 'uni student' lifestyle. I am doing a cadetship at an accounting firm so I worked for two years full-time, studying part time (doing night classes).

I now study full time, but still work three days a week.

For this reason alone I think I preferred my secondary school education more :lol:

I have no doubts that if I was just a full-time uni student my life would be alot different. Mind you, I get drunk frequently enough as it is :lol:

I do FT uni, and work 3 days a week right now... (not a cadetship), bottom line is if you like what your studying, its not a chore... if you like your job, its not as hard as other ppl who hate theirs. Unless your working for free (no monetary compensation), then i wouldnt mind your lifestyle at all... pretty much guaranteed grad employment.

 

[Martli]

I dont enjoy a typical Australian 'uni student' lifestyle. I am doing a cadetship at an accounting firm so I worked for two years full-time, studying part time (doing night classes).

I now study full time, but still work three days a week.

For this reason alone I think I preferred my secondary school education more :lol:

I have no doubts that if I was just a full-time uni student my life would be alot different. Mind you, I get drunk frequently enough as it is :lol:

Uni would be a lot better if you didn't have to work, but I think it's only those of us who do work that actually appreciate how much spare time non-working uni students have. I reckon when you've got that much free time and have no need to worry about where your money is coming from, you get lazy. When you work, you're forced to schedule; you have no other choice. I get so much more out of my day now that I work on top of my studies compared to my first two years of uni when I was just a full-time student suckling on the parental teet.

And as Mr F. says, if you enjoy it, it shouldn't be a chore. That makes me wonder if maybe it's more to do with your major than your actual work situation. I went from Accounting to Psychology and Political Science and started seeing Uni in a whole new light. I sure as hell wouldn't enjoy my work/uni situation if I had to do accounting all day.

 

[The Gambler]

I do FT uni, and work 3 days a week right now... (not a cadetship), bottom line is if you like what your studying, its not a chore... if you like your job, its not as hard as other ppl who hate theirs. Unless your working for free (no monetary compensation), then i wouldnt mind your lifestyle at all... pretty much guaranteed grad employment.

Dont get me wrong, I enjoy work.

But one can not help but dream of a life without work. Imagine what I could be doing in my spare time if I didn't work three days a week at the moment?!

 

[DragonPunk]

why?

let me guess..some kids wanted to act hard and did something reb and the yr adviser/principal/deputy got sick of the carrrrrnts and cancelled it as punishment for everyone???

Yep and half the year jigged some mandatory lecture and we we're on the last warning having just got the formal back.

 

[NK Arsenal]

Fair enough.

At least you dont have to stress as much about UAI or the like. (Not that this makes you inferior to others).

I was going to get a UAI but since I do SLR (biggest bludge of all time :lol I can't get one.

 

[The Gambler]

I was going to get a UAI but since I do SLR (biggest bludge of all time :lol I can't get one.

What is SLR?

Edit: sport life rec?

 

[NK Arsenal]

yeah thats it

 

[Eelementary]

Studying's over-rated. I'm not at uni anymore and I am very happy.

 

[Mr. Fahrenheit]

Dont get me wrong, I enjoy work.

But one can not help but dream of a life without work. Imagine what I could be doing in my spare time if I didn't work three days a week at the moment?!

Well we can all dream, atleast youve got a good job thats taking you somwhere in relation to career. I, and a lot of others, have to work to sustain their daily living and therefore work sh*t jobs that will in the end not advance our careers. You're right though, i often look at those who feed of their parent's and think "wow that must be awesome", but personally i'm very independent and wouldn't be able to just take off the parents (even if they could afford it.)

 

[The Gambler]

Well we can all dream, atleast youve got a good job thats taking you somwhere in relation to career. I, and a lot of others, have to work to sustain their daily living and therefore work sh*t jobs that will in the end not advance our careers. You're right though, i often look at those who feed of their parent's and think "wow that must be awesome", but personally i'm very independent and wouldn't be able to just take off the parents (even if they could afford it.)

Yeh your right, I dont mean to sound ungrateful for the opportunity I have.

Any work is good work though. You develop essential skills that are transferable to other careers, even if it is something as simple as communication and interpersonal skills.

 

[Hallatia]

I think so

why?

I work at ABC on Mondays and Tuesdays (at the moment I am working on a program called The Hack Half Hour, it's hosted by Steve Cannane, they are making a television version of the Hack Show which is on Triple J, it's a youth current Affairs show, it's coming to television in September) and we are just trying to find schools which have formals soon to see if we can get someone for a case study for an episode we will be shooting soon, we are sourcing out for people putting a lot of effort (preferably female because a) it's more common and b) we have been doing too many blokey shows, on Tuesday night we were shooting an episode about Porn, it was great)


thanks Apey, could you just give me the name of your school and the suburb it's in, I will forward it to my producer

At the ABC we cut corners a bit, research is really hard


the great thing about working on this program is that it is right next to The Chaser so I am surrounded by Chaser boys whenever I am there

 

[Hallatia]

studying is so the best thing ever invented, that's why I will be going for a PhD, seriously I hate reading, but I take really good notes.

I am going to be a Doctor, how funny is that?
it's not for a long time but yeah, uni made me think about it, they were like we know that it would not be for a while, but you need to seriously consider it and so after lots of discussion and stuff I agreed to do it

 

[Martli]

Well we can all dream, atleast youve got a good job thats taking you somwhere in relation to career. I, and a lot of others, have to work to sustain their daily living and therefore work sh*t jobs that will in the end not advance our careers. You're right though, i often look at those who feed of their parent's and think "wow that must be awesome", but personally i'm very independent and wouldn't be able to just take off the parents (even if they could afford it.)

See, I don't think it'd be awesome at all. I think the personal gains that come from being independant far out way the cruisy lifestyle of living off your parents. Most people take that sort of money for granted and waste the opportunity, when you have to work for everything you get you appreciate it a whole lot more and will do more to hold on to it. Look at any good artist (musicians, writers, painters etc.) pretty much all the best come from desperate backgrounds, rich kids have no incentive, they just drive around in their expensive cars, talking on their expensive phones and drink expensive alcohol in their superficial little bubble. I want a life with more substance. The other aspect is living life on your own terms. I couldn't fathom getting locked into a dependance relationship with my parents now. As a kid? Fine, you need it; but when you're an adult you need to start living life on your own terms; no way do I want my parents dictating my life by threatinging my financial support. Point: Kids who grow up with money as a given are destined for mediocrty. Poverty and independance builds character.

 

[Mr. Fahrenheit]

See, I don't think it'd be awesome at all. I think the personal gains that come from being independant far out way the cruisy lifestyle of living off your parents. Most people take that sort of money for granted and waste the opportunity, when you have to work for everything you get you appreciate it a whole lot more and will do more to hold on to it. Look at any good artist (musicians, writers, painters etc.) pretty much all the best come from desperate backgrounds, rich kids have no incentive, they just drive around in their expensive cars, talking on their expensive phones and drink expensive alcohol in their superficial little bubble. I want a life with more substance. The other aspect is living life on your own terms. I couldn't fathom getting locked into a dependance relationship with my parents now. As a kid? Fine, you need it; but when you're an adult you need to start living life on your own terms; no way do I want my parents dictating my life by threatinging my financial support. Point: Kids who grow up with money as a given are destined for mediocrty. Poverty and independance builds character.

completely agreed, what i meant was that initially you would look at it as the favourable lifestyle, but personally i prefer to be independent for all the reasons you've mentioned. The main kicker there (rich or not) is the dependance relationship, i work at my Uni... and often students call in with enquiries... the amount of times parents have called on behalf of their students has been astounding. Theyre atleast 18, if not older and their parents are still making simple phone calls for them?