Relationship Between High School And College

Have you ever had to replace something expensive that broke, on your own? Money is the one material thing that changes the meaning of each concept it touches, from friendship, to education. It makes you much more careful the next time around, and that is because money ties our emotions to these physical, and even intangible objects. There are some among us whom are immune to this effect, just like all rules have exceptions. The wealthy appear to be unconcerned with treating what they paid for with more respect. Our education is not exempt from the massive mood change that comes from paying for things yourself as opposed to having it payed for. This change in responsibility is one we see between high school and college. Think back to high school, whether it be only last year or fifty years ago. Having to wake up early, to be handed assignments that we did not care about. The prospect of going for eight hours seemed torturous, and when we asked if we really had to go, the answer was always yes. Never given an explanation, only a …show more content…
The pressure to attend school, the pressure to get good grades, and the pressure to interact with the student base, are all seen in both high school and college. We need to attend high school because it is required by law, whereas with college it is not, but we have the desire to attend so that we do not waste the thousands of dollars that we are spending. Getting good grades in high school means getting into a good college, getting good grades in college means not squandering away your investments. Interacting with students in high school means fulfilling social needs for human contact, where in college you can attribute it to networking, which is a crucial step towards getting into the career field of your choice. Though college and high school are similar they are also different because of the pressure that money adds to the