<p>I asked my D about this. She thought that the “hardness” of HS and college were different. She finds college easier than HS in that she spends a lot less time in class and has fewer short term assignments to turn in. She finds it harder than HS in the sense that there is more preparation needed for classroom discussion, there is less teacher direction and more individual time managment required and there are longer, more complicated assignments. </p>
<p>Personally, I don’t think that college needs to be “harder” than HS–especially a rigorous college prep HS curriculum to feel I’m getting my money’s worth out of my tuition.</p>