College campus freedom ???

What is college campus freedom if you are a high schooler in a middle college? I am have this essay question "How to balance college campus freedom with the academic resposbility?" and I am not quite grasping the concept of a high schooler with college campus freedoms. From how it was explained to me... College capus freedom was not having you parents around or people to guide me. So can someone help me understand this a bit better? I dont understand how a high school has college campus freedom.

College campus freedom ???
If it doesn't simply meaning having parents around and curfews, and people to "guide" you, then it could mean that in college, you pick your own schedule of classes. Each semester/quarter, you take as few as three (for full time) and as many as five courses--they can meet all on Tuesdays and Thursdays or meet everyday for a couple of hours.





Most of your time in college is spent out of class--and you are expected to spend several hours a day reading, studying, etc. (hence the academic responsibility).





Instead of having daily homework assignments to make sure you are keeping up with your reading, college students get a syllabus on the first day with all the readings for the course, and a suggestion of when they should be read by--but how and when and if they are read is left completely up to the student.





A high school with "college campus freedoms" would probably have this lack of structure.
Reply:You might get a good idea by googling "Existentialism" and "Sartre". Essentially, it means that you make your own decisions but are responsible for them. If you want guidance, you can ask for it. Asking someone's opinion is your decision and acting on it is also your decision, so you are still responsible for your actions. Here's an example. There is a party that will involve a free flow of alcohol. You have to decide whether to go. If you ask your parents, they will probably say "No". If you ask your drunken frat rat friend, he will probably say "Yes". You are responsible for whatever you do.