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I think it's a matter of perspective. I got terrible grades and failed many classes in high school, especially math. I've always been bad at math. After ten years I decided I need to go to school again so I took the placement test at the local community college and bombed the math test. I was in a remedial math class and I was literally getting anxiety taking the quizzes and tests and stuff. Finally I settled down, got an A, finished early. Took Statistics the following quarter, felt more comfortable got an A.

If I had taken that in high school, I probably would have failed.

I don't think that that's an argument for community college being easier, I just think it's a reflection of the idea that a person grows, matures, changes their outlook and approaches to things, gains some experience, and that kind of attitude can help make a person more successful at work, college, etc., even when they just absolutely did not get it all throughout the K-12 system.

I think community college in many ways is more difficult than high school just because you're expected to demonstrate at least a little more discipline. You don't necessarily have your parents there to encourage you (if they did that in high school, idk), you don't have classes every single day, the workload is a little different, and if you're doing online courses then you basically have to come up with your own study schedule entirely which is not something they really require in most high schools.
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