Why we are so bad at studying compared to our high-school selves

Sorry if this formatting is poor, ladies, but I prefer to write in HTML.


I think I just realized a part of why none of us can study the way we used to be able to back in high school.

• HS was catered towards the lowest-common-denominator, even in our Honors and AP classes. Hence, the average kids that got into the 'elite' classes worked hard for their B-average now go to some school I've never heard of that is supposedly 'really good for $OBSCUREMAJOR'. We skated by on A's while twiddling our thumbs and end up at Cal getting our asses handed to us.


• Classes were easy, there wasn't THAT much work to do, remember when you thought studying 6 hours for a test was a lot?


• Mommy and daddy took care of all the difficult things in life - cleaning up after you, cooking for you, doing your laundry, providing you with enough money to go to the movies with your friends, and generally letting you do nothing other than be a kid and go to school.


• Our lives were simple, we had a well-defined routine that involved waking up early, going to school, coming back, maybe screwing around for a little while, then doing homework for an hour or two, then back to video games. Now we have jobs, interviews, careers, traveling, our personal finances, parties, women, and whatever you spend money on (computers, cameras, clothes, monitors, I don't know what efung is into though, pewter figurines or slightly-used underwear or something), and tons of other complications in our lives that we never had to deal with as teenagers

Anything I've forgotten?