College-Level Writing Response

Journal #1 Response It is common knowledge to most that in college there are higher expectations than in high school. These expectations include simply the college environment, but most importantly individuals style of writing. The way high school and college level writing differs is important knowledge to know to be prepared for the next step in your education. As high school students entering college, we must adjust to these new skills. Actually, most “instructors routinely describe having to spend the first half of their semester unteaching the skills and traits students acquired during high school” (Fanetti 82). Most high school students learn that the way their teachers teach them to write is the right way to write, that the rules are set in stone. The creativity is lost in these moments, most high school essays will sound similar because each student is following the same criteria when writing. These teachers do this because they “feel compelled to teach to the test” (Fanetti 79). Most of the information the students will learn throughout the year will be to prepare them for their standardized tests. Teachers may also feel a great deal of pressure to do what ever they can to make sure they pass the test because “if too many students perform poorly on the statewide assessments, the teachers can lose their job and the state can even take over the school” (Thompson 3). At the high school level writing, students are told to follow rubrics to ensure perfect scoring. They are simply graded on that; however, in college some …show more content…
The high school teachers teach writing that will prepare them for a test, professors was more free flowing writing styles. Both should be focused and have well used grammar but college level writing goes outside the box. It is important to know what it takes to become a college level writer to prepare you for the next steps in