week 8 blog

Dear High school Senior,
When getting to college there are many differences that we don't think about when we are in high school. There are differences in classes and social life. One major difference is college courses aren't direct continuation of high school. We go into college thinking that our classes are going to be continuations of what we learned in high school. Professors also think the same thing and that we are supposed to have this prior knowledge from high school which a lot of times isn't true. Also the principle of academic freedom allows professors to teach differently. In high school walking into your math or English class you can expect a similar style of teaching to your past years. When you walk into a college class many professors have there own style of teaching that you need to adapt to and be able to learn the material and be able to take notes. There won't be as many reminders for papers and presentations. Make sure to check the due dates on your syllabi and write them down or save them somewhere. Write down when things need to get done and you'll need time management skills. In high school you can procrastinate and not worry about getting things done. In college projects are harder they take longer and there is more work that needs to get done. I think we create these myths to try not to scare ourselves as much when going into college. We also want to think that when coming into college we are prepared for what we are going to be doing in class and the work that needs to be done. We try to be prepared coming out of high school but we need to realize it's going to take a lot more work then high school did.
Sincerely Andrew