HOW IS COLLEGE DIFFERENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL?
| PERSONAL FREEDOM IN HIGH SCHOOL |
PERSONAL FREEDOM IN COLLEGE |
- High school is mandatory and free (unless you choose other options).
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- College is voluntary and expensive.
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- Your time is usually structured by others.
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- You manage your own time.
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- You need permission to participate in extracurricular activities.
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- You must decide whether to participate in extracurricular activities. ( Hint: Choose wisely in the first semester and then add later.)
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- You need money for special purchases or events.
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- You need money to meet basic necessities.
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- You can count on parents and teachers to remind you of your responsibilities and to guide you in setting priorities.
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- You will be faced with a large number of moral and ethical decisions you may not have faced previously. You must balance your responsibilities and set priorities.
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- Guiding principle: You will usually be told what your responsibilities are and corrected if your behavior is out of line.
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- Guiding principle: Your're old enough to take responsibility for what you do and don't do, as well as for the consequences of your decisions.
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