- Pen or Pencil!
High school: In high school it is typically expected that you write your work with a pencil. This is because teachers know that you are in high school and know that high school students make mistakes so you will need to erase your mistake. Shame on you if you really thought using a pen was a good idea.
College: College professors know that you have graduated high school and have become a sophisticated adult, and sophisticated adults use pens. If you make a mistake just cross it out like a crazy madman until you write your sentence correctly. This is what sophisticated adults do. Your professors know you make mistakes, but a pencil is a primitive tool.
- Hats
High school: In high school teachers don’t want you to where hats. They know that you can’t make wise decisions until you’ve reached the age of 20. Wearing a hat in high school is like planning on completely toppling the entire school board.
College: Really? Why does your teacher care if you wear a hat. If that’s your personal style its not going to change the world. They know that students stay up until 4 in the morning and probably don’t have time to wash their hair. It’s a style preference and if that’s your personal style then embrace it.
- Bathroom break
High school: You better raise your dang hand if you want to go to the bathroom. The bathroom is not just a place you can just go to on your own free will. If you leave class for any reason without telling the teacher you are probably out spray-painting the entire school, because that is what happens when you leave class without asking. You little vandal!
College: If you need to use the bathroom that’s not your teachers business, just go. If you are feeling sick it’s probably better that you run to the bathroom rather than having a really gross moment in the middle of class. Seriously everyone uses the bathroom at least once a day if nature calls just go ahead and use it. You are a grown adult.
- Lunch time
High school: You better finish up your lunch as fast as you can because it will be your only time during the school day to eat. If you don’t finish your lunch in the lunchroom, that’s too bad for you. I hope you don’t plan on bringing your lunch into a class either because mice will get in and the school will be destroyed all because of that one crumb you dropped!
College: Eat food and eat as much food as you want. The only tip is don’t get fat. With unlimited access to food it’s easy to get fat. Freshman 15 is a thing. For some people it’s even the freshman 50. Be aware of this, but eat food when you want.
- Laptops and phones
Highs school: Are you kidding me! If I let you go on your laptop or phone you will go on Facebook or play games the whole time. How will you learn!
College: You can have a laptop in my class. You will probably fail because you are on Facebook or playing games the whole time, but hey, failure is a choice, and maybe it’s your preferred choice.
Some of these things may or may not have been true for you depending on what high school and college you went to, but this is what I have seen in my experience. Go ahead and comment below other funny differences you’ve seen between high school and college.
This link below also shows some other (practical) differences between high school and college.
http://www.smu.edu/Provost/ALEC/NeatStuffforNewStudents/HowIsCollegeDifferentfromHighSchool
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