Despite bearing some minor similarities, the differences between middle school and high school significantly impact the ultimate experiences in each educational stage. Both stages require some amount of effort in order to continue through each grade. An obvious similarity would be that the classes offered are also accompanied by a variety of teachers. Furthermore, students will encounter many passionate teachers who genuinely want to see them succeed; however, the chance of encountering a terrible teacher who does not display decent and effective qualities is possible. Aside from the academic perspective, middle and high school students have opportunities to go outside classroom expectations through extracurricular activities and volunteer
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Dissimilarly, high school students have more opportunities to choose their courses and, therefore, vary in difficulty and rigor. As students have more freedom to choose their classes, it allows them to ultimately choose their experiences and stress from the significant effort needed to achieve the best grades possible. Middle school students are not conscious of those consequences since they are not given the amount of freedom high school students have. High school courses also go more in depth and have additional details compared to the generalized middle school material. For example, in a year of eighth-grade science class, a student will learn general concepts in physics, environmental science, chemistry, and biology. Meanwhile, in high school there are yearlong classes dedicated to teaching past the basic points and instead teach the intricacies of each science subject. Along with the classes, the perception of teachers is a second aspect that varies from high school to middle school. The young, juvenile minds and personalities of middle school students may lead them to see teachers as malevolent old people whose sole mission is to see their students fail, although it is not true. In high school, there is less intimidation and more respect for teachers since they are seen
Dissimilarly, high school students have more opportunities to choose their courses and, therefore, vary in difficulty and rigor. As students have more freedom to choose their classes, it allows them to ultimately choose their experiences and stress from the significant effort needed to achieve the best grades possible. Middle school students are not conscious of those consequences since they are not given the amount of freedom high school students have. High school courses also go more in depth and have additional details compared to the generalized middle school material. For example, in a year of eighth-grade science class, a student will learn general concepts in physics, environmental science, chemistry, and biology. Meanwhile, in high school there are yearlong classes dedicated to teaching past the basic points and instead teach the intricacies of each science subject. Along with the classes, the perception of teachers is a second aspect that varies from high school to middle school. The young, juvenile minds and personalities of middle school students may lead them to see teachers as malevolent old people whose sole mission is to see their students fail, although it is not true. In high school, there is less intimidation and more respect for teachers since they are seen