Compare and Constrast High School and College

Schooling is a very important aspect in our lives and one must go through many steps to higher education; the most important steps in society today, are high school and college. Although high school and college aim for the same goal, which is acquiring an education and graduating, the demands, expectations, and social atmosphere extremely contrast. However, after going to high school for four years, college is definitely a step up. There are similarities, but at the same time more differences. To begin with the demands, there is still some required classes and homework, but they are different at the same time. Many demands are placed upon high school students. For example, high school students are obligated, or rather forced by law to attend school until the age of eighteen and they are required to do and turn in their homework. On the other hand college students possess the right to decide if they want to show up for class or not. They can fail a class and not make it up and they do not have to turn in their homework if they do not feel like it. There is no law stating that a college student must attend class, be a full time student, turn in homework and pass each class. To a college student, the demand of attaining a higher education or graduating is completely up them.
As it relates to the various expectations classes in college are bigger as well as the campus, class times vary a lot more, homework takes more time, and the teacher/student communication is a 180 degree change from high school. Taking classes to educate oneself is the essence of both high school and college. And just as there are some (or many) required courses in high school, there are just the same types of classes in college. Both also offer numerous elective (fun) classes in addition to the required classes to keep student morale high. People might say that you have more free time in college, but in reality the extra time you have is allocated towards studying. In High school you are