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How is college life different from high school?
HIGH SCHOOL: You spend on average 6 hours each day/30 hours a week in class, proceeding from one class to the next. COLLEGE: You spend 12 to 16 hours each week in class, usually with breaks in between. Times are not limited to daylight hours, many classes are offered in the evening.
How do high school students feel about college?
Students whose average rating across the related questions was at least a 3.5 out of 5 were categorized as feeling positively about their college and career readiness. 2 Students tend to feel less prepared for future careers than they do for college. Students’ sense of college readiness is lukewarm at best.
What makes today’s teenagers unique?
Today’s teenagers are no different—and they’re the first generation whose lives are saturated by mobile technology and social media. In her new book, psychologist Jean Twenge uses large-scale surveys to draw a detailed portrait of ten qualities that make today’s teens unique and the cultural forces shaping them.
Is it possible to peak in high school?
The idea of “peaking in high school” feels intuitive when we go to high school reunions and find that the years haven’t been kind to some, but there’s research that suggests it’s a real phenomenon for those who had high status but low likability.
Do teenagers feel angry and Sad together?
In other words, a teenager might consistently feel angry and sad together, indicating that it is difficult for them to distinguish between the two.
Why are children’s emotions different than teens?
The result was an emotional melting pot that might help to explain why those dance moves turned out so awkward. The researchers found that children had higher emotion differentiation than teens—but not necessarily because their emotional awareness was more evolved. Instead, they tended to only experience one emotion at a time.