Difference High School College Viral Meme Twitter

Photographed by Christy Kurtz.

There are a lot of differences between high school and college. In high school, you might play on a sports team. In college, you might play on the competitive 4 a.m. pizza-eating team. In high school, you have to be in class at an ungodly early hour. In college, rolling out of bed at 10:30 a.m. seems like an accomplishment. While these aren't true across the board, college generally requires more self-motivation. You are, after all, technically an adult.

Since the school year has just started, there are a lot of new incoming college freshmen, discovering what life on campus is all about. And, judging by a meme that's making its rounds on social media (spotted on BuzzFeed), scores of them have discovered one key difference between high school and college — that college professors tend to be a lot more lenient than high school teachers.

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High school v college ...
High school teachers- "Wikipedia is NOT a reliable source"
College professors- "Wikipedia is great"
— Kayla Horsey (@kayyhorsey) August 29, 2017

We sure don't remember being able to use Wikipedia as research in college...

high school teachers: college is going to be really hard

my college professor: we are going on a field trip today!!!
— Jessica Heit (@jessica_heit4) September 8, 2017

Hm, our only field trips were to the library in the middle of the night when our roommates sexiled us.

High school teachers: MLA or die for everything

College professors: Which format/style do we like? Hm. Let's all do different ones NONE MLA
— Phillip Crain (@PhillipCWDE) September 8, 2017

You will definitely not be lucky enough to get college profs who use the same style guide as your high school teachers.

High school teachers: I'm MRS. HARDASS and you will take me SERIOUSLY

College profs: what up I'm Josh and class is cancelled cuz I'm tired
— Momma Becca (@HBecca2017) September 5, 2017

Josh is probably a grad student. And he's hungover.

High school teacher: "please excuse my language but *damn* I'm so tired today"

College Prof: "sorry that I'm not a FUCKING DICK"
— rach (@rachjac_) September 7, 2017

College profs are definitely more likely to curse in front of you. It's not like your parents or the school board will come after them.

High school teacher: "let's not get political"
College teacher: "ur hw is to read this essay 'Fuck Donald Trump' written + published by me"
— Alx (@alexandri_ugh) August 31, 2017

That sounds accurate.

High School Teacher: I'm going to make this class difficult to prepare you for college.

College Professor: *plays slideshow full of memes*
— Clay Paris (@claysparis) September 7, 2017

Their illusions may soon be shattered. Just wait until you have to write your first 30-page paper...