High School vs. College
Many high school students plan on furthering their education by going to college. These students look around and get information about different institutions. Some may choose a community college while others may choose a university, but do they ever think about how much different college will be? While both give the opportunity to learn, take classes of interest, and graduate; there are a lot of things that differ between the two. These differences include but are not limited to: the level of difficulty, the amount of times a student would spend socializing, and the schedule.
Think back to high school. Remember when the teacher would go over the answers to tomorrow’s test? That doesn’t happen in college. Also, in high school, teachers generally spend a week for two teaching one chapter in the text book then they give a test. In college, Instructors go over two to four chapters in two weeks then give a test. All those subjects you never had to study for in high school, you find yourself spending a lot of time studying for in college.
As a result of college being so much more difficult, you may also find yourself having less time to socialize. Going out every night with your friends isn’t going to happen if you want to pass all your classes in college. You have to study almost every night. Most students in high school are initiated to get out of bed and go to school with the thought that they are going to talk to their friends all day long. In college you cannot talk, text, or pass noted during class because you will out on important information. In other words, you actually have to pay attention to the instructor, not socialize.
However; the good thing about college is that you can pick you own schedule. In high school, students must be there at eight in the morning and they go home at three in the afternoon. Students are required to take enough classes to fill in that time period. In college you can take classes any time of the day. You can also take as many or as few classes per semester as you want. If you are not a morning person, start classes at noon. If you work during the day, start classes at six in the evening. It is completely your decision.
In conclusion, high school and college may have some similarity and they are very different. Both have their strong point and both have their weak points. However, In order to decide which is more enjoyable, you must experience both. Some people enjoyed high school more while others prefer the college life. To each their own.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
It was a pretty easy essay
YAY! I finally finished another essay. When we were first assigned the example essay i was rather weary. It took me forever to find a topic. But as soon as i began writing, it turned out to be the easiest essay ive ever written. It was just all the things that come before you start writing that was hard for me.
The comments io recieved were awesome. I took alot of the advice and changed my paper multiple times. I do also feel that I am improving in that it isnt so hard for me to incorperate details into my papers anymore as it used to be. I guess you can say ive become less lazy with writing.
The comments io recieved were awesome. I took alot of the advice and changed my paper multiple times. I do also feel that I am improving in that it isnt so hard for me to incorperate details into my papers anymore as it used to be. I guess you can say ive become less lazy with writing.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Example essay--Final draft (I think)
Alyssa Kennison
Mrs. S. Aiken
English 1101
October 1, 2009
So-called Sinners and Saints
A preacher stands before his congregation and announces that his divorce has been finalized. He asks to not be judged and admits the error of his ways. He says it simply didn’t work and the details are between him and God. Later he announces that he is not only newly divorced, but also he is now engaged to another woman. Does this surprise you? More than likely it does because this isn’t something people expect out of a man of God.
A young woman and her fiancé go to church every Sunday. They also participate in weekday church events. The couple finds out they are expecting a child. Considering that sex before marriage is a sin in the Christian religion, this is not what you might expect from a churchgoing couple, right?
Another man goes to church. He reached some hard times in life and became strung out on methamphetamines. Through all this he remained in church. Now he has been saved and “clean” for four years. Is his past what you would expect?
Are any of these people bad people? Are they any less of a Christian? Think about this: A man lives on the street. He has never been to church a day in his life. This man is an Alcoholic and lost his family because he was extremely violent. Does this surprise you? More than likely it does not. This it because he is not the so-called churchgoing Christian.
People often have the misconception that if a person is a die-hard Christian, meaning that they go to church every chance, read the bible, and preaches to others that they have no sins. This is simply not true. The scriptures from the Bible assert that everyone sins. “For all has sin and fall short of the glory of God and are justified freely by his grace and through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:23-24, KJV). This means no one is perfect, including the churchgoing Christians. Sinning does not necessarily make you a bad person. We are expected to sin: ask for forgiveness and our sins will be forgiven. So, churchgoers are not perfect and should not be expected to be.
Mrs. S. Aiken
English 1101
October 1, 2009
So-called Sinners and Saints
A preacher stands before his congregation and announces that his divorce has been finalized. He asks to not be judged and admits the error of his ways. He says it simply didn’t work and the details are between him and God. Later he announces that he is not only newly divorced, but also he is now engaged to another woman. Does this surprise you? More than likely it does because this isn’t something people expect out of a man of God.
A young woman and her fiancé go to church every Sunday. They also participate in weekday church events. The couple finds out they are expecting a child. Considering that sex before marriage is a sin in the Christian religion, this is not what you might expect from a churchgoing couple, right?
Another man goes to church. He reached some hard times in life and became strung out on methamphetamines. Through all this he remained in church. Now he has been saved and “clean” for four years. Is his past what you would expect?
Are any of these people bad people? Are they any less of a Christian? Think about this: A man lives on the street. He has never been to church a day in his life. This man is an Alcoholic and lost his family because he was extremely violent. Does this surprise you? More than likely it does not. This it because he is not the so-called churchgoing Christian.
People often have the misconception that if a person is a die-hard Christian, meaning that they go to church every chance, read the bible, and preaches to others that they have no sins. This is simply not true. The scriptures from the Bible assert that everyone sins. “For all has sin and fall short of the glory of God and are justified freely by his grace and through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:23-24, KJV). This means no one is perfect, including the churchgoing Christians. Sinning does not necessarily make you a bad person. We are expected to sin: ask for forgiveness and our sins will be forgiven. So, churchgoers are not perfect and should not be expected to be.
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