College vs. K-12 Students

The video we watched today was about the differences between college and k-12 students.

The differences between college students and k-12 students is very obvious to me because I am a college student but I am studying to become a teacher for high schooler's. Personally I believe that a k-12 education is more productive in many ways because the students to teacher ratio is usually much smaller than college. Also most college professors don't get to know their students like teachers do with high schooler's. I believe that the most important part of teaching students is actually getting to know them and their personality and how they learn.

Some of the major differences between college and k-12 students is the amount of money they spend on school. College students spend hundreds of dollars on books every semester and will be $20,000 dept when they leave college. Where high school students usually don't spend more than 50 dollars a year on school supplies. Also in high school most of the technology is provided for the students to use in class, where (at most universities) if a college students wants to use a laptop they have to go out an buy one. Another difference between college students and high school students is the amount of time outside of class studying. College student spend an average of 3 hours a day and high school students probably spend that much time a week. However the amount of time spent in class is much smaller for college students. And high school students get the adequate amount of sleep where college students only get 7 hrs.

Some of the similarities is the amount of time spent on the cell phone, either texting or talking. Also the amount of time students spend on their ipods listening to music and watching television is outrageous.Way too much time. All students need to spend more time outside and doing things. I also believe that students in a k-12 area feel that they are learning to be educated not to get a degree and get a job. Most college students believe that the only reason they go to class is to get a good grade so that they can graduate and get a degree and get a job. I also believe that college students do much more cramming that high school students, because their teachers aren't constantly reminding the students to stay on top of their studying.

There are many things that I would change about both college and high school students, but someday hopefully I will be able to make an impact on how student learn in their schools.