Spot on, in my opinion, and a theory reflective of my own experiences. My mental health was greatly improved when I stopped masking and was able to mostly choose my social circle (got out of education). It would be awesome if something was done on a society-wide level to reduce the effect by education, but I'm not holding my breath waiting for it to happen very soon.
I don't suppose you could elaborate on what you meant by "got out of education"? Were you a student who stopped studying or were you a teacher/lecturer who stopped?
I suffered most when I was a student, I don't think dumping me in with a bunch of people who happened to be the same age as me was a great idea when it came to establishing positive relationships. On the whole, things improved for me socially from 6th form onwards, getting better again at university and finally starting to work well when I left there and went into work.
I'm back in education as staff now, but it's much nicer from this angle!
Yes I struggled after going from what I guess was a fairly small Primary school to 1200 - 1500 pupil+ secondary schools.
I mostly enjoyed University full time but I was studying my special interest so I already knew a large chunk of the syllabus before I started. That helped keep the stress levels manageable. I liked University because I "knew the rules of the game" - turn up to lectures, hand your assignments in on time, study for the exams. The rest of the time is, to a greater or lesser extent, your own. I didn't start full-time though until I was 22/23 and I'd already done three years of a part-time degree so I had some inkling of what was involved before I started.
Despite being very good at what I do, I've always found work difficult to a greater or lesser extent because rarely is how well you do actually related to how well you can do your job, and the rules of the game never seem to be clear and are constantly changing.
If I could go back to University full-time and afford being able to be there and live I'd do that in a heartbeat.
Yes I struggled after going from what I guess was a fairly small Primary school to 1200 - 1500 pupil+ secondary schools.
I mostly enjoyed University full time but I was studying my special interest so I already knew a large chunk of the syllabus before I started. That helped keep the stress levels manageable. I liked University because I "knew the rules of the game" - turn up to lectures, hand your assignments in on time, study for the exams. The rest of the time is, to a greater or lesser extent, your own. I didn't start full-time though until I was 22/23 and I'd already done three years of a part-time degree so I had some inkling of what was involved before I started.
Despite being very good at what I do, I've always found work difficult to a greater or lesser extent because rarely is how well you do actually related to how well you can do your job, and the rules of the game never seem to be clear and are constantly changing.
If I could go back to University full-time and afford being able to be there and live I'd do that in a heartbeat.
