Compare and Contrast High School and College
The debate on high school versus college has been going for a while. Several aspects are regularly used to show the differences between the two levels of education. However, the two institutions are almost the same bearing mind that they share common characteristics such as the availability of textbooks, classes, many students and extracurricular activities. Despite high school and colleges sharing common traits, they exhibit differences including the size of classes, number of assignments and educational level of the instructors. 
College classes are large compared to high school classes. For example, a high school class has approximately 30-35 students while the numbers of students per class in college range from 5 to over 100 students (Hudley et al. 12). In some colleges, the number of students in the single class may go up to 300 depending on the course being offered. In high school, class attendance is obligatory whereas in a college class attendance depends on the professor or institution policies (Aughinbaugh 2). In high schools, the rooms used for learning are commonly referred to as classrooms while in colleges are known as lecture halls. The classrooms are quite small since they are designed to accommodate less than 40 students whereas lecture halls are big to the extent of accommodating hundreds or thousands of students. The differences in classes in high school and colleges are brought by the number of students per class whereby the high school classes are designed for a few learners compared to the college classes.
High school learners do weekly homework assignments, unlike college students who can do less than ten assignments per semester. Occasionally, high school learners are assigned daily reading and homework at the end of the day to help then refresh what they have learned during the day (Hudley et al. 2). In college, there are few assignments during the semester, and perhaps the main assignments are midterm and final exams or a large paper project, even though these major assignments are usually backed up by many small assignments such as response to posts and discussions. The difference in the assignment workload between high school and colleges is because of time availability with high school learners having more time for study than college students.Teachers instruct high school students while professors tutor college students. Even though from the face value teachers and professors may be the same because of the same role they play, they are ideally two different individuals. Teachers are professional educators whose aim is to prepare learners for the future. Teachers may not be experts in their disciplines, but they are always committed to aiding students to succeed (Hudley et l. 12). On the other hand, professors are academicians and experts in their fields of teaching. Besides, professors are always recognized for having researched to contribute to their areas of study. So, college students are taught by the instructors who know more about what they are teaching than high school teachers whose main goal is to help the student succeed. The difference between tutors in high school and college level is based on their level of education with professors being more educated than the teachers.
It is apparent there are countless differences between high school and college. However, the significant differences are noticeable in the areas of the classes, assignment, and teachers. In the high school level, classes are small compared to the college classes. High school assignments are many compared to college assignments. Finally, high schools are taught by teachers while the professors teach colleges.