The Top 20 Differences Between High School and College
Wednesday, Feb. 2nd 2011 6:26 PM
Many people seem to believe that college is just an extension of high school. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth.
In fact, we would insist that college ain’t nothin’ like high school.
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High School |
College |
| 1. Mandatory |
1. Voluntary |
| 2. Free |
2. Extremely expensive |
| 3. Your time is completely structured by others |
3. You manage your own time or pay the consequences |
| 4. Your parents and teachers remind you constantly of the required expectations |
4. You are expected to balance your responsibilities and set priorities |
| 5. You are required to do homework which often feels like busy work |
5. You are required to do only what you need to learn the required material |
| 6. One class follows another and you spend 6+ hours a day and 30+ a week in school |
6. You have hours between your classes and your schedule of 12-16 hours of class looks light (don’t be fooled) |
| 7. Attendance is required, classes end with bells and late for class requires a tardy slip |
7. There are no bells and attendance is up to you |
| 8. A zero means the teacher is trying to get your attention |
8. A zero is a zero |
| 9. Rote memorization can be enough to ace most tests |
9. Rote memorization might get you a C but you will need to understand the material to get an A
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| 10. Passing in the first draft of a paper will earn you at least a C from your teacher |
10. Passing in the first draft of a paper will earn you disdain from your professor |
| 11. Your teacher paces the class according to how well students grasp the material |
11. Your professor covers more material in a half-hour than your teacher covered in a week |
| 12. The smart students ruin the curve |
12. The 35-year-old going back to school ruins the curve |
| 13. You call your instructor Mr. Smith |
13.You call your instructor Professor Smith |
| 14. Your teacher consults the answer book to determine the correct response to a question |
14. Your professor wrote the both the text and the answer book |
| 15. You need permission to participate in co-curricular activities |
15. You must decide if you have the time to participate in co-curriculars |
| 16. The weekend starts when mom or dad says it starts |
16. The weekend starts when the seniors on cruise control say it starts (usually on Thursday) |
| 17. In high school, you can't go out on the weekend because your parents won’t allow it |
17. In college, you can’t go out on the weekend because you can't afford it |
| 18. The girl down the hall is your sister |
18. The girl down the hall is the one you have a crush on |
| 19. You wouldn’t get caught dead eating the cafeteria food |
19. You are happy to eat anything without the name Ramen on it |
| 20. Because you live with your parents you seldom face any ambiguity regarding ethical decisions |
20. Because you live with your classmates you will be faced with moral and ethical decisions you have never faced before |
