The Transition Of Crawling Out Of The High School Black Hole

When people tell you that high school would be the best time of your life, you don’t really understand the magnitude of what they’re saying until your time is coming to an end. A lot of people say that you “find yourself” in college. I, however, had the advantage of finding myself in high school. These past six years have been awesome, and I really mean it. I know it might not seem believable for a high school student to enjoy school, but I’m not lying about this stuff. I felt this way even before there was a scholarship to apply for. My mom taught me from a young age to enjoy going to school, and as much stress as it might have caused me over the years, I still loved every second of it. It’s easy to focus on the undesirable parts like sleep

As we go on in life we face many challenges and new situations that we deal with. A new situation that most people deal with is college and all the changes that come along with it. What many people don't realize is that high school, in many ways, is similar and differrent from college. Not only are people changing but the surroundings and work change as well. There are some things that seem to never change such as some work and people.

The transition from high school to college is a dynamic time in one’s life that parallels the change from childhood to adulthood. Both of these changes are dramatic and, as a result, feelings are difficult to put down into words. A messy combination of emotions fills the heart, surfacing in strange ways. Confident high school seniors go right back to the bottom of the chain when entering college as freshmen. These students start all over, just like entering grade school or high school for the first time. The move up from high school to college signals the switch from dependence to self-sufficiency. From a personal point of view, going through the experience of graduating high school and transferring to a residential college campus at STLCOP, made me realize I was no longer a kid and capable of making my own decisions.

High School was and still is a really confusing period of my life. I’m still confused actually, like this paper is baffling (even with all the help). To be honest, half the time I had no idea what I was doing, and I just winged it. The way I see it, it’s ridiculous that teenagers are expected to go from high school to college in such a small window of time. This book made me feel wholly unprepared for college, both in what I did during the last three years, as well as what this year holds as far as applications. I’m also scared of what is going to happen once I get to college.

The beginning of high school is the start to the next four years of hell. No one wants to be there. Everyone says, “these will be the best four years of your life!” Along with, “it goes by so fast,” and, “in the blink of an eye,” but the truth is, I don’t see it. Every waking moment I have to sit through a lecture in a cold, solid, chair is like sitting silently next to your parent in a car as they scold you for what you’ve done. You can’t go anywhere, or say anything. You just have to embrace it.

As pretentious as it sounds, I don’t think succeeding in high school was particularly difficult. I say this aware of the privilege attached to that statement, but from what I both experienced and witnessed, the simple acts of paying attention and completing assigned work got most people through. Conversely, college will require significantly more time, effort, and discipline, which I intend to embrace because my motivations as a student have completely evolved. Despite the relative ease of high school, I did work hard, but only to uphold my class rank both out of competition and in preparation for college applications. School felt ineffectively structured around testing, and not around actual intellectual growth, contrasting the whole philosophy of college. Now, I sincerely crave knowledge to grow not only as a student, but as a person, to expand my view of the world and attempt to understand its many complexities. Investing in myself, and my future requires more than high school ever would, and that’s fairly reasonable all

In addition, attending class regularly doesn’t always mean you’ll do well in your classes. Taking attendance only makes them present. Students are in class physically but aren't processing and understanding what the professor has to say. Their minds are somewhere else, easily distracted and not listening. Taking attendance is an ineffective to make students learn in class with all of today’s technology. 90 percent of the work is done outside of class anyways. College is

A little over three years ago when I found myself entering high school, the spectrum of unique personalities that I encountered completely blew me away. From the laid-back individuals taking each day as it comes, to the close-knit cliques with their life stories posted on Facebook, and even the dedicated scholars, most had an idealistic vision of life after high school. Surrounded by future CEOs, astronauts, and racecar drivers, the class of 2017 seemed destined to go great places.

The transition from high school to college is not only an exciting and challenging time, but also a great milestone in one’s life. There are several differences between the lives of high school and college students. Some individuals will be able to jump right in and adjust to this change seamlessly, while others may take years to adapt, or never even grab hold of the whole college experience at all. High school and College are both educational grounds for a student to grow and enrich their lives with knowledge. Both are like puzzle pieces: on one side they fit together, but on the other side they are something completely

College, up until my sophomore year of high school, had always been portrayed in my own mind as an overly enthusiastic and admittedly picture-perfect environment. It was, for some reason, a faraway land with smooth sidewalks and clean, crisp landscapes, smiling students and animated professors, cozy (albeit messy) dorm rooms and fashion-forward backpacks. The word itself meant immensely more to me than four years of hard work and the opportunity of earning a degree. It represented an era of independence, something I’d never truly tasted before, and of freedom to learn and to flourish, to create and nurture relationships that would last a lifetime, and to be myself without the polarizing judgment that came along with growing up in a tight-knit community. I couldn’t wait to move out, to buy enormously overpriced textbooks, to stroll around the campus grounds sporting pretty waterfall cardigans and autumn colored nail polish. Football

The idea of college has evolved beyond being simply a vehicle for higher education. In today’s society, it is a rite-of-passage necessary to successfully transition into adulthood. Furthermore, America’s educational system uses college as a focal point around which a student’s future revolves. Without a college education, young adults are told that they are gambling their aspirations. For some, the pressure to go to college stems from both external and internal sources. Parents, societal expectations, and personal goals motivate students across the country to pour themselves into college applications. Alternatively, for others, college life offers freedom from these pressures as well as a myriad of opportunities to find one’s self. The media feeds this by providing images of the “college experience” that are heavy with partying and socializing. These conflicting accounts can confuse incoming freshmen as they struggle to navigate this new environment on their own. For the homeschooled student, this is doubly so. I was not coming from a conventional high school background. Moving from

College has always been that light shinning up ahead. Something I look forward to with a sense of wonder when I spend my time stuck in a small town in the middle of nowhere. After dealing with strict parents, intense classes, and numerous extracurriculars, I daydream about the life I have been working so hard to make come true. I know that when I get to college, all the seemingly endless hours of work I put into making my application sparkle will be worth it because I will be independent and away from the drama of my family while learning the information needed for my dream job. It seem that most of the time spent in high school is used to prepare students for university. All of the time that my teachers and parents invested in me leads me

Poor grades are a very important reason as to why students drop out of college. When in college time management is something that is very different from when you are in high school. When students first arrive to college they feel as though they will be able to handle the work load because they have ideas that the work load will be similar to when they were in high school. Most of the time they are in for a surprise when they find out that the work load requires a lot more focus, and studying. Poor grades are the effect of having poor time management skills, poor study habits, and procrastination. These are all things that are extremely important when in college. Studying is something that is required for a student to have sufficient knowledge of a class topic. Without studying the material you may not know the

In college you will find the structure of classes to be the same as the one used in high school. Semester systems are used to divide up the year into at least two grading periods. In addition, everyone has classes to attend or else they wouldn’t be considered a student. Each student also has a certain grade requirement that they must meet in order to pass the course. In college if you don’t make a certain grade, you may lose your

A couple of contrasts between high school and school. High school is obligatory and by and large free. Your possibility is sorted out by others. You expect approval to appreciate extracurricular activities you can depend on gatekeepers and teachers to help you to recollect your commitments and to oversee you in setting needs. Consistently you keep beginning with one class particularly then onto the following, consuming through 6 hours consistently 30 hours seven days in class. A substantial part of your classes is arranged you.You are not accountable for perceiving what it takes to graduate. Of course, College is pondering and exorbitant, your possibility is sorted out by others and you manage your own specific time. You ought to pick whether to appreciate co-curricular