Sure its a career if ya think about it. Ya get up early, slave away for those who don't appreciate you for no pay then ya go home ready to pass out till dinner is ready. Then ya get up and do it all over again tomorrow.
there is no slaving away at school, unless being a slave no involves sitting a chair and having air conditioning all day. as for pay, the pay your getting is an education, which helps to prepare you to become a contributing member of society.
My school didn't have a/c all we did was open windows and used fans. Sure the pay is in education but in my case that was close to nothing. I went from one school to another in the middle of the school year, what I had just got done learning at the one school they was just starting it at the new one. Also this new school was a tech high school, my major was in computer information systems. Only time I learned something was my junior year. My senior year we got all new computers and stuff, none of which was set up before the end of the school year. Oh that transfer of schools is what got me my credits to graduate. Thinking bout those kids I went to school with is kinda scary thinking they are now a contributing member of society.