High School vs. College
By:
Tom Milbrandt
I had no idea what the difference between high school
and college was actually going to be.
any idea what to expect.
I really didn’t have
I have only been here for a
while, but there truly is a HUGE and very tough transition
going from high school to college.
High school and college
both have some positive aspects as well as negative.
I
would like to explain to you the similarities and
differences between high school life and college life.
Both high school and college have positive and
negative aspects.
College is awesome with all of the
parties and all of the activities that are going on.
I
also don’t have any teachers on my case every step I take.
In high school, students have all of the teachers pissed
off at them for doing one little thing wrong and they hold
it against they the rest of the year, or even the rest of
high school.
I didn’t expect college professors to know me
or even want to get to know me, but I am very surprised.
College professors actually want to get to know who I am
and work with me on a one-on-one basis.
They actually have
respect for my fellow students and I!
Their job is to
prepare me for college and some of the teachers take that
very seriously.
High school has very few parties except during special
occasions.
In college, the law enforcement officials might
just tell a person to go home but in high school they would
definitely write a person up with a minor.
An exception is
the fact that my town had a couple of really obese cops
that were too lazy to write kids up, so no one had to worry
about those two guys causing them trouble.
Coming from a class of 33 people and a Class B school,
I know everyone really well.
In high school, I got to see
all of my friends each and every day.
I was with the same
group of kids for 13 years and by graduation time we were
very close to each other.
I had so many friends that I
really hated to part from them.
They will always be my
friends but I will never see them as much as I did during
high school.
That is definitely true.
The first week or
so of college no one knows anyone at all but after that,
things get so much better.
I hoped that I would have a
cool roommate otherwise it could make this to be a very
long year.
By now, most students have so many friends and
they know so many people.
It is awesome!
Don’t get me
wrong, I really liked high school but now I am REALLY
enjoying college.
High school has the worst grading scales known to
mankind!
I could have gotten a 94% for the year and not
even pull out an A in some of my classes.
Now in college,
teachers are actually a little more lenient when it comes
to your grades.
For example, I recently took a Calculus
test and got an 80% on the stupid thing.
Would you like to
know what my grade turned out to be on it?
you think of them apples?
What do
That is what I thought.
grading scale is so awesome.
That
As it turns out 100%-80% is
an A, 79%-60% is a B, and 59%-40% is a C.
picture.
An A!
You get the
You tell me when you could have gotten a 40% in
high school and have that as a C.
thought, too.
Huh?!?!?
That is what I
Usually a 70% is borderline flunking, but
not in college…at least not in Calculus.
College classes are seldom every day of the week but
in high school I sometimes had every class…everyday. That
totally burned me out.
Going to every class, every day got
really sickening and made it not fun to even go.
But, if
you didn’t show up for more than a certain number of
classes, you had to make it up on your own time.
not a good thing if you ask me.
That was
I like the fact that in
college, you can go to class when you want to, and most of
the time it doesn’t matter, as long as you do your assigned
work.
The dorm life is also awesome!
In college, I know
almost everyone on my floor and in my entire dorm.
Don’t
get me wrong, mooching off of my parents at home was great,
but it can only be done for so long.
long time to be a burden to them.
Eighteen years is a
Some parents are as
happy to get their kids out of the house, as the students
are also happy to finally be out on their own.
Freedom is what I really enjoy.
I don’t have to go to
class and I won’t have anyone chewing my butt for it.
College has rules, yes, but I still have my space to do
pretty much as I please.
Seems like that in high school, I
always had to go to class and I always had someone watching
over my shoulder…waiting for me to screw up and then BAMM,
I was in trouble.
I am really enjoying college and I look
forward to meeting new people and making lots more friends.
Overall, I think that college will be a great
experience for me, and I am excited for the good things to
come.