Once I came to college there were a lot of things that I noticed were different from high school. Two things that were mentioned in Hjorshoj's The Transition to College Writing that I noticed right away was that high school teachers are generalists and college teachers are specialists. In high school there were many times when a class needed a substitute so administration would pull a random teacher to fill the spot. Most high school teachers are knowledgeable in many subject areas. College professors only teach in one area. The difference was that college requires new self discipline and motivation. In high school you could slack off on assignments and teachers would let you turn them in late or even give you extra credit if you weren't happy with your grade. Most college teachers will not do that. Something that Hjorshoj didn't mention is that depending on far away you are from home, you'll need to adjust to not having your family. I live in Arizona and have no family in the state of Ohio or any other nearby states. The biggest transition for me was not seeing my family for eight months out of the year.
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