HIGH SCHOOL VS. COLLEGE

* 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 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 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 college, weekends start on Thursday.

* 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.

* 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.