Compare and Contrast High School and College

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Morgan Smith Professor Williams ENC 1101 1 October 2013 High School versus College We may think high school and college would be very similar, but this is not always true. Although we may graduate high school and go straight into college, there are many differences between these two educations. Besides the most evident ones, such as classroom size and number of students; high school and college differ in many ways affecting the faculty and students. After becoming a dual student, I realized high school and college differ in their schedules and in the way they use passes and agenda books. In high school, we have a total of seven classes. Starting at seven o’clock a.m. and ending at two o’clock p.m., with five minutes to travel from class to class between bells. Each period is approximately 55 minutes long. High school gives us a free agenda book at the beginning of the year, with hall passes in the back. These passes allow us to go to the bathroom, go to another teacher’s classroom, and anywhere else we’re allowed to go. Without these passes, we’re not allowed to leave the classroom. In contrast, college classes range from eight am to nine pm. For example, I have an English Comprehension 1 class at 6:30-8:55 on Tuesday nights--this would never happen in high school. College classes can be one hour long, or three hours long, it just depends on which class you have signed up for. In college, we do not have bells or passes. We do not even have to raise our hand to ask if we can use the bathroom or get a tissue. Professors’ start lecturing at the time the class starts and when he’s done, we leave. Colleges’ have agenda books, but they have due dates in them. For example, a high school’s agenda book on October 5th may have nothing written on that date, but in a college agenda book it may say “midterm week.” Additionally, high school and college differ in the
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