Join the club, so does everyone. No, that isn't true. I've kept in touch with a few people who went to other colleges and it seemed like their school was run in a much more organized way that would have suited me. They had plenty of time and freedom to choose what I would have done. I believe my school organizes its curriculum so that it is exceptionally time-consuming and inflexible. Skim my longer post in the thread to see how much bullshit went on in my school.
Also, are you saying that I shouldn't be upset with what I dislike about school because either everyone has to deal with it or that it's the status quo? Fuck that and fuck your mentality. That type of thinking is used to justify so many shitty things in life. If I have well thought-out ideas about how easily something could be changed to be far better, it is definitely upsetting for there to be neither attempts to change nor even sympathy for the people who want changes. Instead, what happens is that the people who want change are alienated and treated like annoyances by whoever has power, people who agree with them, and the complacent people (most people). And holy crap do you lack tact! I was explaining what made me depressed for years and you are saying I should just deal with it.
But that's life, dude. Only gets rougher from here on out! No, it doesn't. Again, I believe my school is an exception to how arbitrarily difficult college can be. One of my professors told my class that this is school is "the most fucked up school" he has ever worked at. Everyone I know who has moved onto graduate school or to a full-time job has also said that life is easier now. I know some older alumni who even said that their pHd program was easier than my college. I'm in graduate school now, and no, I am actually much less stressed than I was in college.
In any event the point was - who cares about other people? If they want to be fuck ups, so be it. Can only control what's in your own domain and not let the bastards grind you down. It's not other people around me being fuck-ups making me upset, but there was almost nobody I could enjoy being friends with. I was very lonely.
I agree with the rest of what you said... I went to school for engineering.