Are there any benefits to a more relaxed school environment, or does it mainly set students up for challenges in higher education?

I'm so lonely. I stay alone for 4 years now and I think a lot about myself. I need someone standing with me. I'm a Christian woman, 43 years old. What can I do?
What experiences or moments made you realize the importance of being a feminist as a man?
For those of you who know your linguistics history, especially around America and Britain, between post revolutionary war and now, how weird is it that the Americans basically kept the old British accent?