The 'After School Hangover' (3 Viewers)

[hotdimsim]

Its something that my mates and i were talking about last night, how we were all nostalgic about year 12, money is such an issue now, loss of friends, no house parties anymore, and basically the fact now we have to grow up and start making important decisions and life really isnt all its cracked up to be post school. My brother just said that its the 'After School Hangover' and every school leaver goes through it at some time. I thought this was a really good way of putting it.

Just wondering if anyone else here has experienced it?

 

[ClockworkSoldier]

I'm going through it now.

I have no money. I'm attending uni. I can't land a job. Everything looks up, I've saved some money, looks like I'm in the clear... Then the car breaks down or some other problem arises.

Life is just one problem after the next, I haven't had a break since I finished the HSC last November.

Everyone starts at the bottom, and that's where I am now. Below the poverty line XD.

 

[-may-cat-]

I'm going through it now.

I have no money. I'm attending uni. I can't land a job. Everything looks up, I've saved some money, looks like I'm in the clear... Then the car breaks down or some other problem arises.

Life is just one problem after the next, I haven't had a break since I finished the HSC last November.

Everyone starts at the bottom, and that's where I am now. Below the poverty line XD.

I hear you loud and clear.

 

[chewy123]

I didn't experience that until I started uni, and when I did, it went on for a very long time.

 

[spence]

I prefer life after school tbh. It was never really an issue for me

 

[wrong_turn]

four words to get over it. maybe you didn't want to hear it, but "man the fuck up".


move on with your life.

 

[kevinx2]

wot? post hsc has been awesome for me

 

[Kendall_Gilroy]

ummmmmmmm yeah u guys are shit

 

[ClockworkSoldier]

It's called coming from a poor home, living in an area that has almost zero jobs, being forced to live off bare minimum centrelink payments, barely scraping through money wise for uni and trying to keep maintenance on a 22 year old car plus rego every 6 months.

How the HELL are you supposed to "move on" when you can't get any sort of financial backing to support yourself? Huh?

Either that was a troll, or you have no concept of truly struggling.

 

[bayside9]

Yeah i had that in first semester of uni, was so broke it wasn't funny. Couldn't land a job, ended up eating my savings, had to weight up bare necessities like petrol/rent/food > everything else. Lived only on migoreng for abit- and goon for going out. classy

 

[klaris]

Wow.

Growing up sucks. Now I won't be in such a rush anymore.

I suppose I better savour being 16-17, living with my parents, basically getting free everything and only having to pay for the stuff I want for. And I get my Centrelink money to pay for that so I'm set.

Now moving out and going to uni doesn't sound 'free and independent' it sounds like 'broke and screwed'

 

[merillem]

Welcome to life.

Uni days are going to be some of your best days ever. Being broke is def part of being a student, but so is all the freedom, the massive amount of holidays, partying, socialising, trying new classes and basically being able to decide what you're going to do with yourself.

Enjoy it. Don't rush it. I reckon too many people just want to race through uni without trying lots of different things because they're afraid someone in an interview will say 'Why did you take 6 months too long to finish your degree?"

They won't.

Join clubs, do an exchange program, take your time and live it up. The next stops on the "Life Train" are just job, mortgage, marriage and kids anyway.....and all that shit can wait.

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[Otacon2009]

One of things I missed about year 12 was that to me, I was at my peak. Actually being popular, doing stuff like footy. Admittedly my grades weren't reflective of me as I could do it, but I was socialising etc.

Though uni is starting to pick up from where High School left off. Probably becauce I went to live on campus. I recommend everyone to live on campus for one semester. Yes, you will come across people that jabber on in their own language and for Anglos, feel like the minority, but seriously, I'm at Charles Darwin University and I had a blast. I was a walk from the Beachfront, where I got drunk on several occassions and sung songs with friends while pissed. So try living on campus (if you can) for once.

 

[annabackwards]

Wow.

Growing up sucks. Now I won't be in such a rush anymore.

I suppose I better savour being 16-17, living with my parents, basically getting free everything and only having to pay for the stuff I want for. And I get my Centrelink money to pay for that so I'm set.

Now moving out and going to uni doesn't sound 'free and independent' it sounds like 'broke and screwed'

Same here XD

I haven't experience the "After School Hangover" yet, but only time will tell :/

 

[Uncle]

always party after skool.

why the fuck do i have to stay back in summer session for maths or physics but i dont coz i didnt fail.

 

[wrong_turn]

@ausbluesman: stop fucking whinging about getting a job. if you don't get a job in the area, look outside of the area. Very fucking simple.

if you are willing enough to get a job, you will land one. it took me about a month to get one, it was about 2 hours of public transport each day, but i had a job during post-hsc.

 

[ClockworkSoldier]

@ausbluesman: stop fucking whinging about getting a job. if you don't get a job in the area, look outside of the area. Very fucking simple.

if you are willing enough to get a job, you will land one. it took me about a month to get one, it was about 2 hours of public transport each day, but i had a job during post-hsc.

My god you're a tard.

Byron Bay has no jobs. Brunswick heads has no jobs. Ballina has no jobs. Mullumbimby has no jobs. That's in a radius of 100k... I've applied for everything I could, and not one offer in 8 months... 8 MONTHS! It's kinda hard when you live in a hole of an area where tourists and backpackers come regularly and work for peanuts. Don't give me your shit about finding a job when you don't know the area.

This is the same story for a majority of Australian youths. There just isn't work for us.

And that is why I'm moving back to Murwillumbah (still a hole, less of one though) where I can work in Tweed Heads 20 minutes away, quitting my degree so I can actually make money to live.

Seriously. Have you gone through this type of thing?

 

[lala2]

^^I was gonna suggest Gold Coast if anything. Maybe need to trek down to Lismore? Sorry I don't know much about employment rates there, but if they're big places more chance of finding a job?

 

[ClockworkSoldier]

Yesh, Tweed and those places actually have job openings. Gonna start there.

Lismore isn't really the best place to look for a job lol. Even if you get one there, you'll spend all your earnings on the petrol getting there and back.

 

[Ben1220]

2009 has actually been my best year so far, by a fairly comfortable margin. I'm doing subjects that I really enjoy, meeting heaps of new intelligent people, learning heaps and all that... I guess I'm just a natural born uni student. Its strange that different people respond differently to finishing school and starting uni.