Fourteenth Blog Post
Dear Senior,
I would like to take the time to tell you about the differences and similarities between high school and college. First, I am going to tell you from personal experience than explain some of the details listed in The Transition to College Writing book. When I was in high school, I had awesome grades and amazing help from teachers. There were times when I depended on teachers to help get things done for me. I would always finish my homework in school, didn't have to worry about homework as much. It was easy for me to participate in three sports and different organizations around the school too. My counselor would always help make sure my scholarships went through and provided me with so much information. So basically, in high school, I could always depend on my teachers and counselors other than myself. Then, my first year of college came around. I wasn't all the same as high school. For example, classes were scheduled at a time that we preferred to have them. Professors are helpful but they aren't going to do everything for you. It is also harder trying to play multiple sports in college and join different organizations. Its all really a time management thing that us college students have to work with. Also, the food in college is way better than in high school too just because there are more options. Homework is harder because there are more papers that have to be done and we actually have to do homework in our dorms instead of trying to get them done in class. So college is more of an own your own thing I would say.
In The Transition to College Writing book, it states that students who are entering college run into a variety of obstacles they did not anticipate. High school credentials cannot predict a student’s performance in college in their first year. Colleges and universities advertise the new experiences and opportunities they offer to students as main attractions, and few of you would either expect or want this experience to be a direct, routine continuation of high school. One reason is that increasingly standardized systems that lead to college admissions create illusions of academic continuity between high school and college. So yes the environment between high school and college is different and tough and something we just have to get used to.
Sincerely,
Destiny Oshodin
I would like to take the time to tell you about the differences and similarities between high school and college. First, I am going to tell you from personal experience than explain some of the details listed in The Transition to College Writing book. When I was in high school, I had awesome grades and amazing help from teachers. There were times when I depended on teachers to help get things done for me. I would always finish my homework in school, didn't have to worry about homework as much. It was easy for me to participate in three sports and different organizations around the school too. My counselor would always help make sure my scholarships went through and provided me with so much information. So basically, in high school, I could always depend on my teachers and counselors other than myself. Then, my first year of college came around. I wasn't all the same as high school. For example, classes were scheduled at a time that we preferred to have them. Professors are helpful but they aren't going to do everything for you. It is also harder trying to play multiple sports in college and join different organizations. Its all really a time management thing that us college students have to work with. Also, the food in college is way better than in high school too just because there are more options. Homework is harder because there are more papers that have to be done and we actually have to do homework in our dorms instead of trying to get them done in class. So college is more of an own your own thing I would say.
In The Transition to College Writing book, it states that students who are entering college run into a variety of obstacles they did not anticipate. High school credentials cannot predict a student’s performance in college in their first year. Colleges and universities advertise the new experiences and opportunities they offer to students as main attractions, and few of you would either expect or want this experience to be a direct, routine continuation of high school. One reason is that increasingly standardized systems that lead to college admissions create illusions of academic continuity between high school and college. So yes the environment between high school and college is different and tough and something we just have to get used to.
Sincerely,
Destiny Oshodin
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