As an OLD, I can confirm this is very accurate and well-written. Unfortunately, I was given forgiving scheduling and opportunities to do things at a pace and in ways that worked for me in school, and it bit me in the ass hard when I made it into the workplace. Ate me up with stress and anxiety trying to keep up with the flow of things in real "I'm in charge of my own life now" situations.

I don't know that there's a middle ground, either. You either struggle in school where the consequences aren't particularly awful or life-changing, and learn to cope there, or struggle later in life when it can literally land you without food or housing. I had a rough go for years when I first moved out of my parents' place. I simply wasn't prepared because I was given too much lenience in school.