Jonathan Trent Patterson
McFall
ENG-155
September 27, 2018 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; =
High School vs College
Let me explain some of the differences that I see betw= een high school and college. I have only been in college for a little over a mo= nth now. I can only see a few similarities and many differences from being in college compared to when I was in high school. There are many differences between high school and college such as the cost, scheduling, and freedom.<= /p>
The first comparison that I’ll mention is the co= st. In high school I only had to pay a registration fee and buy a list of school s= upplies. I was provided textbooks, a Chromebook, and whatever else I may have needed= . However, in college I have tuition, textbooks, homework, and I have even had to buy = my own Scantrons from the vending machine, or the campus store. Another thing = is that my lunch cost more in college than it did in high school. It was about $2.50 a day in high school, but now if I eat at the college cafeteria every= day it would cost between five to eight dollars a day. I came up with a way to save money = on lunch. Instead of eating at school, I go to McDonalds and get a free Mc Dou= ble sandwich and buy an order of large fries. My total is $2.17 each day for the fries. = Then I fill out the surveys on the receipts; it takes only a minute. After that,= I take the receipt with the survey code to McDonalds and get a free Mc Double sand= wich. Gas, and transportation is another increased cost I must face. I live only = six miles from my high school, but 23 miles from Tri County, which is a 34-mile difference each day that I must travel. Not only does it cost more for fuel, but I spend a lot more time traveling to and from, and wear and tear on my truck. I really can’t think of any similarities in the cost category.= The bottom line is that college costs more.
The next comparison that I’d like to discuss is scheduling between high school and college. In high school I was given a schedule that told me what days and what time my classes were to be. In col= lege I had many different options of what days, times, and order my classes woul= d be when I created my schedule. When I was in high school I had A/B days, and a= ll class time was even across all, but in college I have the same classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and then the same classes on Tuesday and Thursday. S= eems to me that I will have more time in some classes, and less time in others. = My last year in high school I would get out at 12:30 one day, and have to stay until 3:00 the other. This semester in college I’m out by 12:30 each = day. There is only one similarity that I can think of between my schedules here = and when I was in high school. In both college and high school my first classes start around 8AM each day. I chose to start my schedule early each day, although it was tempting to have later classes some days so I could sleep i= n. Getting here early each day helps me get a good parking space, so it works = out well.
The last comparison I will discuss will be the freedom= that I have in college vs the lack of freedom I had in high school. The last cou= ple of years in high school they put a shadow with me to keep me on task. That limited my freedom in high school, and ensured I was where I was supposed t= o be when I was supposed to be. I had a certain time to go to lunch and not much time between classes to get to where I needed to be. If I missed a class an= d was marked absent my parents received a phone call to inform them. However, in = college I don’t have a shadow, and I have the ability to<= /span> roam the campus. I can go to lunch early or late, and the freedom to choose where I want to eat. If I miss a class now or if I’m late my parents don’t know unless I tell them.
This is a comparison of the differences and similariti= es that I can see between high school and college. I compared cost, scheduling, and the freedom of high school vs college. As you can see there seems to be more differences than similarities. I enjoy being in college; I like having more freedom and the ability to make my own schedule. I do not like all the added costs that comes with being in college. I’m thankful that I qua= lified for the Life Scholarship, that helps a lot.
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