PERSONAL FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE  Mandatory  Voluntary  Free  Expensive  Time is structured by others  You manage your own time  You need money for special purchases & events  You need money to meet basic necessities  You can rely on parents & teachers to remind you of your responsibilities and to guide you in setting priorities  Guiding principle: You’re old enough to take responsibility for what you do and don’t do, as well as the consequences of your decisions  You need permission to participate in extra curricular activities  You decide whether to participate in extracurricular activities

TEACHERS PROFESSORS  Check your homework  May not always check completed homework, but assume you can perform the same tasks on tests  Remind you of incomplete work  Do not remind you of incomplete work  Approach you if they think you need assistance  Expect you to initiate contact for assistance  Have been trained in teaching methods to assist in imparting knowledge to students  Have been trained as experts in their particular areas of expertise or research

TEACHERS PROFESSORS  Often write information on the board to be copied for your notes  May lecture non-stop, expecting you to identify important points in your notes.  Impart knowledge and facts, sometimes drawing connections and leading you through the thinking process  Expect you to think about and synthesize seemingly unrelated topics  Often take time to remind you of assignments and due dates  Expect you to read, save, and consult the course syllabus to see what is due, when it is due, and how you will be graded  Present material to help you understand the material in the textbook  May not follow the textbook and may expect you to relate the classes to the textbook

TESTS HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE  Makeup tests are often available  Makeup tests are seldom an option  Teachers frequently arrange test dates to avoid conflicts with school events  Tests usually scheduled without regard to the demands of other courses or outside activities  Frequent review sessions  Rare review sessions, when they do, you need to come prepared with questions. You may also use the tutoring center  Testing is frequent and cover small amounts of material  Testing is usually infrequent and may be cumulative, covering large amounts of material

GRADES HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE  Consistently good homework grades may help raise you grade  Tests and major papers usually provide most of the course grade  Initial test grades, especially when they are low, may not have an adverse effect on your final grade  Tests usually scheduled without regard to the demands of other courses or outside activities  You may graduate with a grade of D or higher  You may graduate only if your average meets the department standard – typically 2.0 or C  Given for most assigned work  May not be provided for all assignments  Guiding principle: “Effort Counts”  Guiding principle: “Results Count”