High School Vs College Does High school really prepare you for college? As a High school senior I felt prepared, but now as a College Freshman I'm not so sure. High school, as well as college is just another part in everyone’s lives. Almost everyone goes through such a transition between two very diverse and different worlds. These diverse worlds can be compared and contrasted by everyone; however, it is impossible to predict extenuating circumstances that you will go through.
We were all somehow exposed to different backgrounds, as well as lifestyles. Therefore, it’s safe to say that the statement “Is College for Everyone” doesn’t imply to certain people who were raised to think otherwise. However, Pharinet seems to think that most kids should consider not going to college at all. Pharinet went on to explain how most students will find themselves working full-time jobs to help pay the expenses of college, in result their grades begins to drop. Then the student decides to drop to a part-time worker, register for less class hours to find more time to work on improving their grades.
Learning Against Grades In this society, students are encouraged to pursue a higher education after graduating from high school. Yet, each individual has a different reason for desiring to move on to college. Students attend college either because they want to increase their knowledge, get a decent paying job after college, or they just want to get the “college” experience instead of going on to the working force after high school. As a first-year college student, I pictured college to be a “… place for learning and growth…” (Jerry Faber, 387), but I was slightly wrong. Everyday I stress over earning a good grade in my classes, instead of being driven to learn the material of the course.
I don’t think elementary school and middle school really prepared me for college the way high school did. Education wise, I feel like high school more closely relates to college in the sense of preparation. Taking AP classes helped show me how much work I needed to start getting used to and the difficulty of that work. What high school did not teach me was that, I have to do everything by myself, literally, everything. I no longer had my mom enrolling me in school, it was all up to me.
While I have yet maintain a job as a high school student I believe that my academic experiences have still prepared me well for my upcoming college academic career. Throughout high school I have taken rigorous courses including several AP classes that have made me accustomed to a large work load. Beginning college can be extremely stressful, highlighting one’s strengths and weaknesses. While in high school a student could have been able to make A or B honor roll without studying much or doing all of their homework, in college this could be a weakness for them due to needing to study more and not being used to this. I believe my strengths in college will be my studious habits and my diligence.
Learning to manage your time with all the freedom college brings is one of the hardest transitions to make. While in high school you always were reminded when your work was due and etc. In college its your own responsibility to know when you have work to be turned in and test. In explains ways to make managing your time easier such as knowing your goals and knowing what you have to do to achieve your goals. You also have to know your purpose of attending college and what you want out of it.
The typical high school senior wants to get away, and go to a University somewhere far. Although living away from home, doesn't work for everyone. Some students would perfer to be in their own enviroment to which they are familiar with. One major difference that is kept in mind during the process of deciding which school sitiuation is best for the student is money. Community college is much less expensive than a university and isn't much different.
The desire to want to be socially accepted and popular for some can also take on some form of stress for students. This does not exactly pertain to students of higher learning who take on different forms of stress in their collegiate lifetime. Higher learning students, those who have surpassed years of credible college education, face more of the basic form of academic stress. A heavy workload of examinations, homework assignments, and constant studying makes out for these students to be frazzled; with or without a job. A student under this category also deal with the pressure of figuring out what they will do with their lives
Their perspective on how the underachieved educational system is, alongside my encounters with complex of schooling. In high school, we are given many standards every day that we must meet in order to be considered successful, but the reality is; these standards are fruitless in expectation for colleges and universities. In high school I did not get the English composition skills, to prepare me for my college courses. They are right about their belief that the professors in the universities are very inspired in some ways to give their standards to the students in depth knowledge to set higher standards, however, it is not good to know that some high school students still enter Americas elite schools through remedial process, because it might agitate the worldwide standards set by the school
Pharinet believes in the importance of education and believes that every individual should have the right to be educated. On the other hand, she does not think that two and four year colleges are the desirable educational fit for everyone. There are other suitable education options for people who are not cut out for traditional college and simply do not belong there. Another aspect that overwhelms students is the busyness of college. They often do not know what they are signing up for when they