2007-04-24 16:36:02 · 5 answers · asked by chic 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
That really depends on how you spent your four years in college.
If you took a full load, worked full-time, had a family or serious relationship to consider and paid for everything yourself (or with student loans that you are now paying back), then yes, I think you can consider that experiencing the "real" world.
If you spent your college days living on campus, partying every weekend (or every night), skipping a lot of class, not working or working VERY little and having mom and dad send you money while paying for college for you, then no. You have most definitely have NOT experience this "real" world. These people are usually in for a rude awakening.
I certainly hope you're the former :-)
2007-04-24 16:43:34 · answer #1 · answered by miss.mongoose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unless part of your tuition was paid by yourself, working part time or full time, NO! The real world is made up of people selling services and/or things. By working for those people, you find out what the real world is about. If Mommy gets you up & gives you breakfast, that is NOT the real world. If you don't have to get up at 6:30 that is NOT the real world. If you don't get fired after calling in twice, that is NOT the real world. The real world doesn't care if you have a headache. So harsh reality hits after college, not during, why do you think some students become professional students, they know the real world and it isn't pretty.
Be like most rich people and work for Daddy's company. Call in to the office and say " I just swam 3 laps in my indoor pool and I'll be in later. Doesn't it suck that you have to be in so early?"
2007-04-24 23:49:24 · answer #2 · answered by magpie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF you worked real jobs to pay the bills , yes .
If you took out loans or mommy and daddy paid , no .
The student "reality" is a minuscule part of the real world and generally , has very little in common with it .
Which is why some want to be permanent students .
2007-04-24 23:40:37 · answer #3 · answered by kate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't let anyone give you c**p and tell you it's not the real world!
We live in the real world every day. Every experience is real, and the future holds variations of experiences you've had your whole life, albeit sometimes a little more complex.
2007-04-25 00:00:02 · answer #4 · answered by OraclewannaB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no not even close college is but a stepping stone to bigger and more of the world to come!
2007-04-24 23:43:42 · answer #5 · answered by Dano 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋