College should push students to try a little harder, and it should teach them that the real

world can be, at times, relentless.

My brother, who had breezed through high school, soon found that college was a different animal; he needed to read and study independently outside of class.

My brother, who had breezed through high school, soon found that college was a different animal; he needed to read and study independently outside of class.

Because he had breezed through high school, college came as a shock to my brother; he realized he needed to read and study independently outside of class.

My brother, having breezed through high school, was shocked when college courses required him to read and study independently outside of class.

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Circle the letter of the sentence that is properly punctuated and contains no errors.

College is meant to be challenging, some politicians think that we should try to push every kid to attend a four-year university.

 If college were easy. Then everyone would be able to earn a four-year degree.

Attempts to push more students to attend college are short-sighted they will only force colleges to dumb down classes and lower standards.

While increasing the number of students who graduate from college may seem like a good idea from an outside perspective, this proposal ignores the detrimental effects that lowering standards will bring.

College should be an unnerving experience. Which prepares students for the real world.

I once took a history class because I thought it would be in easy, in reality, the class seemed easy at first, but it grew more difficult as the semester passed.

When it was time for the final exam, I had little recollection of what I had learned.

The outcome was inevitable, I failed the final exam.

Students who are pushed through an easy college curriculum will never absorb the content, and they will fail the final exam; except in this case, the final exam is life, and there are no retakes.