High School vs. College

Denis Semenikhin

Professor Malek

ESL 51

Compare/Contrast essay

1 December 2011

High School vs. College

A good education is an important part of our life. There are two levels of education: high school and college. To achieve a good education one should attend both high school and college. These two levels of education are very dissimilar, although in both you can learn a lot. These differences include study process, attendance polices, and tests.

The first difference is in study process. In college teachers expect students to take more responsibility for their learning than in high school. In high school most teachers will assign to turn homework late if you give an excuse. In college students have deadlines for their assignments, and students have to do it in time. In addition, students in high school have lots of attention from their teacher; moreover teachers try to encourage you to work harder all time. In college professors pay much less attention to the students. In high school teachers provide you with information you missed when you were absent. Professors in college expect you to get from classmates any notes from classes you missed.

The second differences are the attendance polices. In high school the teachers are always on about your attendance; in addition, they will probably call your parents if you were not in class. On the opposite, in college professors do not care whether or not you are in class; if you are not there, you are going to get a failing grade. In high school students are required to attend every day. In college you choose how many days you can attend classes; furthermore, in college time class may vary. In high school you can’t choose your time class.

The last dissimilar is in tests. Testing in high school is frequent and covers and covers small amount of material. In college testing is usually infrequent and may be cumulative, covering large amounts of material. A course may have only two or three tests in semester....