Are these college hours normal?
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When I was going to college, it took me a 15 minute walk and then a 30 minute bus and an hour train to get there each day. So I spent about 1 hr 45 mins to get to college each day. However getting back usually took over 2 hrs or 2 hrs 30 mins cos of having to wait on the train, due to the bus and train times not syncing up.
College hours for Mondays and Tuesdays then were 9:00 till 6:00, and for Wednesdays and Thursdays was 9:00 till 4:00. Friday wasn't too bad at 9:00 till 1:00, but it still meant I actually had to spend a little bit more time travelling than I did actually in college. I went to a club after college on Mondays and Wednesdays because the college counseller encouraged it so I could try to make friends (which didn't work), plus otherwise I would've had absolutely no social life whatsoever.
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So the times I left home and arrived back each day were:
Monday: 7:15am - 11:15pm
Tuesday: 7:15am - 8:45pm
Wednesday: 7:15am - 8:45pm
Thursday: 7:15am - 6:15pm
Friday: 7:15am - 3:45pm
I always thought that it was utterly inhuman to be doing those hours, but my parents acted like it was normal enough. But I was destroyed by it. I kept falling asleep on the bus/train and in class. For Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays I had to bring cold cheese sandwiches with me to eat for dinner on the journey back, even in the middle of winter, and even though I had also already had those for lunch. I became really depressed by the end of it. It was so disheartening, I remember one day I got there and just saw a note on the door saying that all my classes were cancelled for the day. Needless to say I dropped out after a few months. A year later I met someone from the course and he told me about half of the students on that course dropped out also (although I can't be sure if that was because of the hours or just because it was a shit course).