School plays an important role in our lives. Many people will spend more than fifteen years at school in order to get the qualifications that are required to work in a specific field. Those years are broken down into several levels, some of them being more enjoyable than others. Two very important levels that people go through are high school and college. Even though some think that these levels are almost the same, there are significant differences between them. The cost of high school is not the same as the cost of college. Also, some differences apply from an academic point of view. Typically, the social environment also differs from high school to college, which can be related to the question of freedom versus responsibility.
High school and college are different in many ways. It is true to say that college is more expensive than high school. Of course, it provides a higher level of education, but that expensive fees make it hard for those that come from low income families. At college you also have to buy books where in high school you borrow them from the school. Paying for education can get expensive, but some people pay even more than imaginable. Some cities do not have colleges, so students that want a higher education have to move away to another city where they can get a higher education. This often involves paying for an apartment, food and transportation. However, the cost is not the only thing to consider when comparing high school to college. As college provides a higher level of education, the amount of homework increases. At high school, where it is more of a general education, the time spent at home doing homework is a lot less. This does not mean that in high school, there is no work; it just means that it is a lot easier in some sense. At college you can also choose from subjects related to your field of study if you desired. There are also some differences between the social environment of students at high school and students at college. Since college students have more work to do at home, they have a limit on the time they can spend outside of school. However, at high school students have known their friends for a while but in college they often have to make new friends because many of their friends go to another college. This means that they meet many new people which means a lot of new experiences. College students also have a whole new set of responsibilities. Since most move away from home, they have to live in the dorms or an apartment, pay their bills, buy and cook food, and clean up after themselves but in high school they do not do anything because their parents take care of everything.
It is obvious that high school and college have their advantages and disadvantages. Attending college is more expensive then attending high school, you have more homework and less time, and involve a lot of responsibility. Responsibility is a big part in college because there is so much more to care about including the upkeep of your health and work. High school and college differ a lot but they have two things in common: they both give students a good education and they both represent many years that a person could never forget.