Back in high school everyone did their work differently, but for the most part those who were successful really only had to work hard. In high school you have a relatively rigged and set schedule. So all you needed to do was complete the work on time which is not hard. No assignments were really challenging or required much thought. In college however most of the learning is done on your own time as you have a much more fluid schedule. Instead of learning in class you learn on your own. Not only that but the questions posed are more complex, requiring more time to come to the correct conclusion. One article I thought summed this up well was the work hard or work smart article. It sums up the fact that in college you need to work hard and smart, not just hard. “Working Smart = Making a Plan… Working Hard = Working the Plan” (http://www.deliverfreedom.com/blog/work-hard-or-work-smart/) in high school it’s pretty much set in stone that you do your homework when you get home from school, in college you need to plan out when to do it during the week.

In high school I neither worked hard or smart. I did the requirements and after a test I forgot everything. In college I hope to perfect working hard and smart. I hope that I can keep up this method of accomplishing work for a long time after. It seems obvious and simple when you read it but no one ever thinks to put this technique in words and really think about it deeply. How to Become a Deep Thinker at College talks about how you need to take a variety of courses and spent extra time in order to become a deeper thinker, however I disagree with this. Deep thinking isn’t something you can just learn by taking numerous classes, it’s something you develop over a lifetime. Thinking deeply is a talent you more or less discover rather than learn. For example I can learn CPR (which I have) but in reality a teacher can’t just explain “do steps 1, 2, and 3 and you’ll be a great deep thinker”. People must discover deep thinking on their own or in other words there is no way to guide someone to think.