Imagine being in a pleasant, deep sleep having no worries or anything to think about other than how you never want your dream to end, only because your mind has taken you to a place called paradise. Sounds amazing, doesn't it? Well now imagine this, dreaming about paradise and waking up to an annoying alarm, reading that it's only 6:30 a.m. Not so amazing anymore is it. This seemed to by my daily routine in high school, having a peaceful night sleep with an incredible dream and waking up to an awful sound. Then on top of that, my mom coming in and throwing my bed covers off of me and telling me to get up so I wouldn't be late for school. Now that I am in college, my alarm clock is still somewhat annoying, but it also isn't set for 6:30 am. And I have the choice to turn it off if I want to without my mom coming in and throwing the bed covers off of me. Instead, I get to be nice, warm and cozy tucked underneath my bed covers sleeping peacefully.
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High school and college both share a quality that offers students the benefit of learning even though there are many differences between the two. In high school, you are there 5 days a week with classes starting as early as 7:30am. School lasts all day and will get out about 2:30pm. If you are fortunate enough you would then be able to go home and relax, maybe take a nap or have a snack and then begin your homework or studying. But let's say you were in a sport. That would start right after school, and you probably wouldn't get home until about 5 or 6:00 pm. Being your tired self, all you would want to do is take a nice, hot, relaxing shower and hit the hay. But that's not the case. Homework and studying comes first, so your parents say. They would most likely be right at your back, watching your every move until you finish your homework, otherwise "you"re grounded for the weekend". Not very fun is it. I hated hearing those words, it was awful. Every time I would hear the word "grounded" it felt like someone had just shot me right in the heart.