College vs. Highschool

[CarSuperfreak]

* In high school, you do homework. In college, you study.

* No food is allowed in the hall in high school. In college, food must be provided at an event before students will come.

* In high school, you wear your backpack on one shoulder; in college, on both.

* In college, the professors can tell you the answer without looking at the teacher's guide.

* In college, there are no bells or tardy slips.

* In high school, you have to live with your parents. In college, you get to live with your friends.

* In college, you don't have to wait in a certain lunch line to be cool.

* Only nerds e-mailed in high school. Cool kids hadn't heard of it.

* In high school, you're told what classes to take. In college, you get to choose; that is, as long as the classes don't conflict and you have the prerequisites and the classes aren't closed and you've paid your tuition.

* In high school, if you screw up you can usually sweet-talk your way out of it. In college, you're lucky to ever talk with the professor.

* In high school, fire drills are planned by the administration; in college, by the drunk frat boys on their way home when the bars close.

* In college, any test consists of a larger percentage of your grade than your high school final exams ever did.

* In high school, when the teacher said, "Good morning," you mumbled back. In college, when the professor says, "Good morning," you write it down.

* In high school, freshman guys hit on senior girls. In college, senior guys hit on freshman girls.

* In college, weekends start on Thursday.

* In college, it's much more difficult to figure out the course schedule of the man/woman you have a crush on, in order to figure out where he/she will be walking around campus and at what time to find them there.

* Once you've obtained the information described above, it's much more time-consuming to run between classes to that place where you know he/she will be in order to "just happen to bump into him/her."

* In college, there's no one to tell you not to eat pizza three meals a day.

* In college, your dad doesn't pay for dates.

* In high school, it never took 3 or 4 weeks to get money from Mom and Dad.

* College men are cuter than high school boys.

* College women are legal.

* In college, when you miss a class (or two or three), you don't need a note from your parents saying you were skip....uh, sick that day.

* In high school, you can't go out to lunch because it's not allowed. In college, you can't go out to lunch because you can't afford it.


(I ran a search and this didn't come up, so i dont think its a repost...)

[Jet-Lee]

repost or not....tis all true

[YogsVR4]

That was all true twenty years ago too (except the part about email)

[RSX-S777]

Someone should write up a College vs. Real World list...

[psychobadboy]

Very true indeed

[WickedNYCowboy]

Unfortunately it is true. BUT my the girl I was with paid as long as I drove. She hated driving in the snow. So being that we were BumbleF*ck, NY where snows from September to May I drove awful lot. As in labs at 7 am I would drive get back sleep go pick up even if I wasn't in it. It all worked out. If it were on campus I paid.

[Andydg]

I'll have to see if these are true this fall.

[CarSuperfreak]

(they are)

[lakerfan1784]

yep, every last word is true.

[Raz_Kaz]

I will find uot next year

[WickedNYCowboy]

You will definitely find out next year and you won't be happy either.

[knorwj]

my college must be an oddball if those are all true.

[jcz1987]

I'll find out in two years. But still it looks true!

[Jay!]

Originally Posted by RSX-S777

Someone should write up a College vs. Real World list...

Just for kicks...

* In high school, you do homework. In college, you study. In the real world, you work.

* No food is allowed in the hall in high school. In college, food must be provided at an event before students will come. In the real world, you hide food in your desk.

* In high school, you wear your backpack on one shoulder; in college, on both. In the real world, you'll probably need a cart to haul your work around.

* In college, the professors can tell you the answer without looking at the teacher's guide. In the real world, your boss has no idea what you do all day.

* In college, there are no bells or tardy slips. In the real world, you get fired for being late.

* In high school, you have to live with your parents. In college, you get to live with your friends. In the real world, you live in a cubicle.

* In college, you don't have to wait in a certain lunch line to be cool. In the real world, you eat at your desk.

* Only nerds e-mailed in high school. Cool kids hadn't heard of it. In the real world, you keep every email, ever, so that no one can ever say that you didn't send them that one memo.

* In high school, you're told what classes to take. In college, you get to choose; that is, as long as the classes don't conflict and you have the prerequisites and the classes aren't closed and you've paid your tuition. In the real world, you do your work, and sometimes your boss' work, too.

* In high school, if you screw up you can usually sweet-talk your way out of it. In college, you're lucky to ever talk with the professor. In the real world, you're lucky to avoid your boss.

* In high school, fire drills are planned by the administration; in college, by the drunk frat boys on their way home when the bars close. In the real world, "fire drills" are the work your boss gives you that's due by the end of the day.

* In college, any test consists of a larger percentage of your grade than your high school final exams ever did. In the real world, anything you do all year could turn up on your performance appraisal.

* In high school, when the teacher said, "Good morning," you mumbled back. In college, when the professor says, "Good morning," you write it down. In the real world, when your boss says "Good morning," he means, "Where's the work you were supposed to finish yesterday?"

* In high school, freshman guys hit on senior girls. In college, senior guys hit on freshman girls. In the real world, you hit on any woman who's still there after you say "Hi."

* In college, weekends start on Thursday. In the real world, you work on weekends.

* In college, it's much more difficult to figure out the course schedule of the man/woman you have a crush on, in order to figure out where he/she will be walking around campus and at what time to find them there. In the real world, you just hang out in bars.

* Once you've obtained the information described above, it's much more time-consuming to run between classes to that place where you know he/she will be in order to "just happen to bump into him/her." In the real world, you're not nearly interested in the other people that hang out in bars.

* In college, there's no one to tell you not to eat pizza three meals a day. In the real world, you're lucky to eat twice a day. And both meals will be microwaved.

* In college, your dad doesn't pay for dates. In the real world, you don't have the energy for dates.

* In high school, it never took 3 or 4 weeks to get money from Mom and Dad. In the real world, you owe. You'll get calls daily to remind you.

* College men are cuter than high school boys. In the real world, men all want you to be their mommy.

* College women are legal. In the real world, you work in an office with land whales.

* In college, when you miss a class (or two or three), you don't need a note from your parents saying you were skip....uh, sick that day. In the real world, if you're not at work, you'd better be in the hospital.

* In high school, you can't go out to lunch because it's not allowed. In college, you can't go out to lunch because you can't afford it. In the real world, you expense your lunch (which you eat at your desk,) and get yelled at for it by Accounting later.

[tonioseven]

Jay has hit the proverbial nail on the head!!