The main reason why work is worse than school is that by controlling your income and health insurance it gains control over whether you will continue to have fo

The main reason why work is worse than school is that by controlling your income and health insurance it gains control over whether you will continue to have food and shelter, and potentially whether you survive an illness. That control gives supervisors immense (and intoxicating) power because of the constant implicit (and devastating) threat of taking away your livelihood. Even worse is graduate school, where supervisors combine the role of teacher/academic supervisor and boss/work supervisor. It's sort of the worst of both worlds - still hard to change schools or teachers, but with the added terror of the workplace.