[alabastervlog]

Huh, I'd liken school in those grades to a series of meetings basically all day, that are mostly presentations, every day of the week, with a lot of restrictions and harsh conduct & expectations from the people leading the meetings, which'd never fly in an office. Often with terrible lighting and long stretches without seeing the outdoors, even though a window. And crazy-early start times that may have you not seeing the sun until 3PM or so, for months. And, especially toward the end, a couple more hours of work at home every day. Mostly of math problems.

Also, all that, plus you're not getting paid for it.

[s1artibartfast]

If that were a job, I was characterize it as a boring job, not a stressful one.

I'm sure experiences differ, but mine was that school was trivially easy and inconsequential, but sometimes time intensive.

I wouldn't consider a job where I have to go and listen to a boring presentation for 8 hours a day stressful. What is stressful is the rat race and making sure I can afford mortgage payments

[fragmede]

OTOH, if you fail out of class, most of us wouldn't have become homeless, just placed in a remedial class. Whereas getting fired from your office job would land you out on the street if you're living paycheck to paycheck.

[Tijdreiziger]

Only if you live somewhere without unemployment insurance (or you mis-manage your money).