FOLLOWING THE RULES IN HIGH SCHOOL

CHOOSING RESPONSIBLY IN COLLEGE

* High school is mandatory and usually free.

* College is voluntary and expensive.

* Your time is structured by others.

* You manage your own time.

* You need permission to participate in extracurricular activities

* You must decide whether to participate in co-curricular activities.

* You can count on parents and teachers to remind you of your responsibilities and to guide you in setting priorities.

* You must balance your responsibilities and set priorities. You will face moral and ethical decisions you have never faced before.

* Each day you proceed from one class directly to another, spending 6 hours each day--30 hours a week--in class.

* You often have hours between classes; class times vary throughout the day and evening and you spend only 12 to 16 hours each week in class

* Most of your classes are arranged for you.

* You arrange your own schedule in consultation with your adviser. Schedules tend to look lighter than they really are.

* You are not responsible for knowing what it takes to graduate.

* Graduation requirements are complex, and differ from year to year. You are expected to know those that apply to you.

* Guiding principle: You will usually be told what to do and corrected if your behavior is out of line.

* Guiding principle: You are expected to take responsibility for what you do and don't do, as well as for the consequences of your decisions.