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Hey!

Just wondering what did you learn in uni/workforce that you wouldn't have experienced in high school. Can be about anything!

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Hey!

Just wondering what did you learn in uni/workforce that you wouldn't have experienced in high school. Can be about anything!

Interesting topic!
I think there is a lot more choice in University than High School. For Example, you can choose what degree you want to do, then choose a major/ minor, choose how you want to study your degree (Like, I want to study these units first and then these after). University has structure but it is flexible, which I found was different to school

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I agree with this, some may choose to do more or fewer units each semester in University depending on the individual

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Just wondering what did you learn in uni/workforce that you wouldn't have experienced in high school.
Can be about anything!
That’s a very broad statement.

Things I learnt in uni:
- I personally suck with flexible learning and self teaching anything.
- Getting relevant work experience, placements and internships is a difficult process if it’s not included in your course. Start researching early and get on to this as soon as you can.
- Don’t take for granted the concessions and discounts you can get from being a uni student.
- Keep in regular contact with your high school friends during uni. You won’t regret it.

Things I learnt after uni/ while working:
- Job interviewers are people too. When you go for a job interview, treat them as such.
- A job is a job. It isn’t the be all and end all.
- Success comes in many forms, don’t compare your life to others’ because everyone has their own journey and different timeframes they’ll reach each milestone.
- Do not succumb to people’s expectations and pressures of adulthood. You do you in your own time.
- Organising your adult life is difficult. No one has this down pat. Everyone struggles at it.

These will probably change and/ or I might think of more later.
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Hey!

Just wondering what did you learn in uni/workforce that you wouldn't have experienced in high school. Can be about anything!
That mental health is super important 😊

Also spending time with friends/family that are positive influences on you is something I've found too :)
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This is a fun thread idea!
-people at uni also don't know what they want to do
-thinking 'positively' /being overly positive about things isn't helpful a lot of the time
-world experience>grades
-extracurricular activities make you more well rounded & are important
-people don't always want solutions (or at least from you)
-people who don't talk about their achievements seem more powerful

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- I knew that having fewer, better friends was superior to having more, low-quality friendships but it's never been clearer to me how true this is. In high school, you probably knew most of your grade on some level (and maybe a few in the grades above and below), but once you leave and lose contact with some of them, you realise that there was actually a lot of deadwood. Flying solo (or close to it) is totally okay as long as the level of support around you remains the same

- Echoing a few of the above sentiments, the people that seem smart and career-driven only make up the minority. Most of the time they may come off as pretentious and/or intimidating but usually, they just don't have a lot of like-minded peers. Most people are completely lost - you don't have to be as smart or as career-driven as everyone else
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Balance is key to happiness and life in general, as others have also alluded to.
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Someone who feels the need to talk about any good deeds that they do, says more about them than those actual actions

Might be cheating since I somewhat understood this in high school (but didn't really think about it that much) but definitely more now

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- That it is important to learn how to be independent and enjoy your own company, as you won't be constantly surrounded with people you know and are friends with.

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Open-mindedness.

In high school, I was determined that I was right.  Mainly about religion - but that can reach into every corner of "who should be allowed to do what and when".  For instance, I didn't support gay marriage.  To me now it's like - what the fuck do I have to do with "allowing" gay marriage?  Who am I to have a say?!  With low infant (and overall) mortality rates, rigid procreation-focused social structure is kind of irrelevant, and to make it a morality thing just seems weird.

I needed to leave the echo-chamber of a Christian high school, and actually interact with a variety of people with different stories, to recognise that other people's viewpoints were possibly also valid.  It doesn't mean that I have to agree with them all, but I can recognise that other people aren't innately dumb, deluded and deplorable for believing something else.

I'm not against or looking down on those who are religious, or claiming that those who are religious are all closed-minded.   But I'm deeply relieved and happy that I personally am not religious.  And I definitely needed to interact with a wider variety of people from different spheres to find that.
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