High School & College

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Johnathan Todd
Ruth Bogart
03/26/2013
English 30 MWF 10:00 A.M.
High School and College
Millions of students attend some level of higher education in the United
States each year. The top two tiers of learning in the country are high schools and universities. Both college and high school are important to the development of our countries' youth. The knowledge gained from these two educational systems will fuel our nations youth to provide them with a more prosperous future.
The first of many differences students attending high school in the United
States can expect to encounter is it will not cost them money to attend classes.
While they are legally required until a certain age to attend regularly scheduled classes Monday through Friday; they will not pay out of their own pockets for text books. High school students receive books for free due to the federal funds that are allocated into the schools budget. Students also will not have to rely on themselves or their parents for transportation. Public school districts provide the students with free transportation aboard the iconic yellow school buses. High school has a more one on one atmosphere when it comes to a teacher and student relationship. High
School teachers work with their students personally in order to push them to better

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themselves and ensure they understand each lesson entirely. High school teachers also give students an abundance of time to complete work they have given them in class. Another trait of an high school teacher is that they constantly remind students of uncompleted work and remind the students numerous times to complete it. When absent, teachers will give a student the opportunity to catch up on missed assignments which would otherwise be counted as a zero.
In contrast to high school; college classes are expensive. Students may find themselves in debt after attending their first year of classes due to the excessive costs of continuing education. What makes matters worse is that college courses ask you to pay for expensive text books that range anywhere from $25.00, and all the way up to $300.00 and beyond. Another monetarily draining aspect of college is that a student is required to provide his or her transportation to, and from class.
College professors are not as personal as high school teachers; college professors do not remind, nor encourage students to do their work. Students attending college will find that their professors do not care as much about their success as their public school counterparts. If a college student expects help, he or she must ask for it directly. Another major contrast from high school is that college professors look upon students who have been absent from a class as a student who is not trying hard enough to be in class. College teachers do not care if you are sick, or do not have gas money to attend class. The majority seem to only care about progress and

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attendance. Another downfall to some colleges is that some professors seem to expect students to understand the material presented after only one lesson. Some students may view this as a professors running through a lesson in order to move on to the next. College life is more complicated, expensive, and strenuous than the average high school experience.
In closing, I would like to say that although students may learn less advanced knowledge in a high school setting, the willingness of public school teachers to help a student understand what they are teaching definitely makes a difference in the students learning ability. I think if all college professors took anything away from being a high school student, they would understand that a more one on one approach to students that need guidance is key to unlocking their potential. I have been to both college, and high school. I must say that I definitely appreciated high school more. College, at least from my view. Seems to be filled with some students that will never graduate. Some will not because of lack of effort, but some will not be given the proper tools in order for them to succeed.
If professors actually cared more about their students they would make sure they had all the knowledge required for their degree.

College is better than high school. College students have much more to learn than the average high school curriculum has to offer. I am excited to see what new

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things I will learn at this campus and am always on the lookout for new exciting ways to learn. College is one of the hardest things I have ever done with my life. I have already learned skills that I had not had the knowledge to comprehend previously. Hopefully these next two to five years are filled with excitement rather than disappointment.