Is a career as a school counselor more difficult than the courses you took to get there?

Question

which was harder: your career as a school counselor or the courses you took to become a counselor? I just want opinions... The difficulty of each compared to each other (not including the things that usually go with a career, bills, etc.)

Answer 1

The schooling was definitely harder.  Once in the job; dealing with the politics and the emotional students was much easier for me to cope with.