Seniors rush to get all their homework done minutes before it’s due. They rush to get their college application in seconds before the deadline. There’s only one reason seniors aren’t on top of their game: the contagious, dangerous disease known as ‘senioritis.’
Students in their last year of high school tend to slack off due to the lack of motivation to work as hard in school as they did before since they already made their life goal of 18 years: getting into college.
“Senioritis is when you start to prioritize things differently,” said senior Samira Naeem.
Even though it’s a known fact that senioritis doesn’t kick in until the second semester of the school year, many seniors have already been self-diagnosing themselves with the plague.
“Senioritis started for me when I [needed] to focus more on post high school education which caused me to push back my homework and get it over with, so when I get home, I can work on [college applications],” said Naeem.
As the date for graduation gets closer and seniors start to get their college acceptance letters, the laziness increases to a monstrous level. Some seniors feel that since they have already gotten into college, they don’t need to try as hard anymore.
“College is pretty much in sight so it’s a better, bigger place and you’re stuck here doing dumb assignments,” said senior John McHale. “The motivation goes to zero.”
After surviving a stressful and exhausting junior year, seniors find it hard to motivate themselves to get back into the rhythm of long homework assignments every night and spending several hours studying for an hour long exam.
“It’s just always been important to me to get good grades and it still is important,” said senior Mary Jane MacArthur. “I just feel more overwhelmed now with college applications.”
College is a goal that many students had since they day they were born so to some, it seems reasonable to prioritize college applications over school.
“Some classes I feel like I don’t have the need or desire to work as hard in,” said senior Ryan Harper.
Unfortunately for seniors, the year is only halfway over and another half awaits. As they get into college and put in their deposits, the motivation decreases to an alarming rate.
“I think [senioritis for me] is going to pretty much stay the same until I get into college, in this case, it’s going to get pretty bad,” said McHale.
Fellow seniors, good luck in getting through rest of the school year as homework assignments go through the window and our motivation is completely lost.
“Just try to stay focused as much as you can because even though you’ve gotten into the school of your choice, they still look at your grades, no matter what,” said senior Marwah Tokhi. “You have so much potential, so why give up?”