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Using a throwaway here since every time since every time I've asked this people seem to get really offended at the thought of it... But was my class really th

Using a throwaway here since every time since every time I've asked this people seem to get really offended at the thought of it... But was my class really the only ones that hated every single moment of their post secondary education? Granted we were a small graduating class, only 15, and it just some back water college, not a university. But our graduating ceremony was cancelled because literally none of us signed up for it. Most of us were just so sick of seeing that campus and everything about it. Even thinking about today makes me feel ill at ease. Just seems as if everyone else I know seems to have some happy moment from those years. Never found anyone else that disliked their time in college and makes me wonder what made it so happy for others, and what was so different for my class specifically for us to hate it so. Only thing I can think of was that ours was the last class to be the last to be run through that specific program, but that's the only thing particularly unique about it AFAIK.

detaro 6y ago
> Only thing I can think of was that ours was the last class to be the last to be run through that specific program, but that's the only thing particularly unique about it AFAIK. Could be that it was worse because of that. Your experience sounds unusual, but bad college/program + bad luck is statistically going to happen sometimes somewhere. I.e. I know plenty of people that were truly unhappy with their programs and switched or dropped out. (To be clear, not to be interpreted as a fault of those people, it just doesn't work out for everyone, even in generally good places). I don't have particular difficulty imagining a college I couldn't stand at all either.
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hnracer 6y ago
I hated almost everything about my college experience, particularly the idea that I was incentivized to waste time memorizing everything in order to come first. I did enjoy the company of some of the best students in the cohort though, but I wouldn't like to repeat that experience.

detaro 6y ago

> Only thing I can think of was that ours was the last class to be the last to be run through that specific program, but that's the only thing particularly unique about it AFAIK. Could be that it was worse because of that. Your experience sounds unusual, but bad college/program + bad luck is statistically going to happen sometimes somewhere. I.e. I know plenty of people that were truly unhappy with their programs and switched or dropped out. (To be clear, not to be interpreted as a fault of those people, it just doesn't work out for everyone, even in generally good places). I don't have particular difficulty imagining a college I couldn't stand at all either.

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hnracer 6y ago

I hated almost everything about my college experience, particularly the idea that I was incentivized to waste time memorizing everything in order to come first. I did enjoy the company of some of the best students in the cohort though, but I wouldn't like to repeat that experience.