He said that in reference to coworkers at your job. Some of the women are “mean girls” who gossip about other people, some guys are bullies (obviously not in an in-your-face way), and some of the adults just act like high school students. The only difference is that some of your coworkers are in their 20s, 30s, or 40s.
Would you say thats accurate?
The idea of growing up is broadly a lie or misconception. Some people realize they are now responsible for themselves and perhaps even others, and that is pretty much the biggest change psychologically after puberty. A lot of people don’t have that realization or much great impact from it, so yeah, a lot of “grown-ups” working jobs are not all that different from highschoolers.
There are also marked biological changes that affect behaviour though, like the development of the prefrontal cortex, but I agree: it’s a matter of personal responsibility and not everyone gets there, sadly.
I’ve been a working adult for 30 years and every work environment has been with colleagues who are non-judgmental, do their jobs, and mind their own business.
But now that I recall my high school experience, there wasn’t much drama there either. At least not in my sphere.
Same, then again I am not from America and so I obviously didn’t go to high school there. I don’t know if the media portrays high school accurately in movies and TV shows. Certainly wasn’t like that where I live.
Extremely inaccurate.
Besides my time in the army, not really, no. But being in an all-male infantry section of the French Army did remind me a lot of my Jesuit boys-only highschool days! 😅
I dunno about you all, but I sure as shit didn’t get paid for attending high school…
Some are. For the past few years I’ve actually liked my coworkers and the work place is pretty much drama free
100% accurate. I’ve had coworkers say things to others rudely for no reason, get spoken to by the big bosses, and then somehow make the person they said it to the bad guy… People don’t actually grow up, they just become old children.
absolutely. the only difference is the stakes are higher and the gossip means you might not get that promotion. same old cliques, just with 401ks.
Not even close. This old ZeFrank video really applies: https://youtu.be/-KQb3Mx2WMw
Teens just think differently. It’s not their fault, no more is it the fault of my four year old when he can’t understand things. It’s just part of growing up. But this part of growing up involved emotions being heightened not just to 11, but like 27 or something absurd like that. It creates so much drama, heartache, and pain.
Now, all those saying that work is, in fact, just like high school? They’re complaining about individual people they meet who act immature, reminding them a little of high school. The fact is, as adults we SHOULD be leaving that all behind, and anyone that continues to do it is an outlier. And outliers get attention, and we tend to focus out experiences on them.
But it IS an outlier. Adult life is not like high school, except in exceptions that we sometimes focus on in frustration because we shouldn’t have to deal with it, but sometimes do.
In highschool, it’s not the exception, it’s just how things are all the time. It can’t help but be that way. It’s how you grow up. It’s how we are as young humans, anywhere and everywhere.
Adulthood is different. There are times we remember being young and stupid, mostly when witnessing people being stupid sometimes— and that never changes. But adulthood is different.
