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Originally Posted by s4ndm4n2006
I don't know how exactly SSDI works with education but I'm wondering how school is different from working, that is, if you're going to go on campus school? I mean I could understand if you're doing distance, or internet learning b/c you could stay home but if you can get out in public and go to school, how is that different from working a job? I'm just curious.
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College seems quite different from Work to me.
1. Even going to school full time, there are prob only abt 10-15 hours per week where you actually have to be physically in class, on-campus. The rest of the time you make your own schedule, so you can work around your illness in a way that just would not be possible in a 9-5 or 40/hr per week job.
2. You can go at your own pace- going part time, taking semesters off to deal with illness, creating your own schedule so you can also make your psych appointments, etc.
3. You don't have the pressure of dealing with bosses/coworkers/customers. Yes there is some interaction with professors and classmates, but its generally not the sort of high-pressure, get-fired-if-you-screw-up type of pressure that comes with work.
4. At least where I live, most jobs require either experience or a 4-yr (or graduate) degree. I realize SSA may not care whether jobs are actually available, only that you be able to perform theoretical jobs were they available. But for me, my illness has prevented me from finishing school on time- If I can finish, I stand a chance at eventually finding work and becoming self reliant again.