[sliverstorm]

certain aspects of school, like scheduled class time, project deadlines, etc. were intended to prepare the students for the workplace

In my view, it is preparation for the world. Preparation to be a functioning member of society. Sure, everybody has a choice. I have walked both worlds. I have decided there is little to no value in trying to live in some alternate world. Stores are closed at night. Are they evil corporations bending me to their structure and will? Friends go to sleep at night. Are they sinister secret agents controlling my thoughts? I feel better physically when I live normal hours. Is the government injecting me with chemicals while I sleep?

Of course you can rebel and follow your own schedule. But just as it is up to you to choose to rebel, it is also in your power to decide there is no value in rallying to such a silly cause. If I found value in it I might, but I don't. At the end of the day, schedule and structure provides value when you are trying to interact with a large number of other people. That's just the way it works, not some secret evil ploy.

[randomdata]

It's hardly rebelling, it is about working when it makes sense to work, not because the clock says it is time to work.

We're just finishing up harvest here. Are you going to shut down at five because the clock says it is time to go home? Of course not. You keep going until the field is done. It might be raining in the morning. You can rest later.

I find creative and technical roles to suffer from the same limitations. You have to be in the right mindset to produce quality work. You can't always count on the clock.

Do what works for you, but if you are only doing it to please someone else, you are cheating both them and you.

[sliverstorm]

You realize you are still working a clock in the field. It's called the sun.

[randomdata]

Headlights, my friend.

The idea that farmers work by the sun must be from some place with a different climate, because around here, most of the field work is done during the late afternoon into night. Rarely does any field work get done in the morning. The conditions are often not favourable.

But if I am really tired and want to shut down for the night, I will do so. It's all up to me, not someone else.