Compare And Contrast Essay On College Vs High School

In the time that I have been in college, I have noticed that more freedom is given to students now rather than being in high school. While being in college, the choices that become more selective are note taking, the environment, and the class selections as well. By the amount of educational freedom and the control on their education that is given to college students, I find being a college student much more enjoyable than being a high school student. College is a lot less restrictive than high school. In high school, the classes that students take appear to be easy. They only seem easy because the student can just brush the effects off. For instance, if a student pays no attention in class or doesn’t even do any of the class activities, they could just easily copy someone else’s notes but still be able to learn the material on their own because they have that class five days a week. Also, the student can miss class, not get penalized, and most of the time the teacher will go over the material again with the student so they can just get filled in by what they missed. On the other hand, with college, …show more content…
In high school, the notes are given right to the students by the teacher, sometimes the students will be told exactly what to know and write down so they know every detail of what is to be studied later on. It is quite similar in college as well but the professors don’t have the notes as completed and as detailed as it would be in high school. The notes are a lot simpler while the reading is much more detailed. Although, in both high school and college, all of the teachers differ in the way they teach the material to the student. There will be those who will go out of their way to give you exactly what you need to study and look over, or there will be those who will just talk give you a ton of information but you will have to figure out exactly what you need to know for an exam on your