Senioritis
The Plague That’s Infecting The Nation
March 23, 2017
“Eh I’ll do it tomorrow.”
“So if I get a 93% on this test, I won’t have to finish that project and I’ll still have a B.”
“We had homework last night??? Oh well.”
If you or a loved one have caught yourself saying any of these phrases on more than one occasion, then it may be time you consult your doctor about possibly having “Senioritis.”
Many people, myself included, suffer from severe senioritis, and it’s not a subject to be taken lightly. At this point, you may find yourself asking “What exactly is senioritis?” Well senioritis, as defined by the most trustworthy of sources (Urban Dictionary) is “A crippling disease that strikes high school seniors. Symptoms include: laziness, an over-excessive wearing of sweat pants, and acceptance of below average grades.”
So what do you do about senioritis? Is there a cure? Can I hit up my boy Edgar Snyder and try to get some compensation for this? We to answer those questions as simply as possible: You’re kinda done for. Your only hope of success is if you manage to survive the rest of the school year with a little bit of willpower still intact.
Now I know, that sounds incredibly negative and dreary, but there is a little bit of hope. See, according to my totally not made up calculations and research: about 1 out of every 1 students experiences some form of senioritis at one point or another (albeit some have it way worse than others). This means that you aren’t alone in your struggles, there’s about 250 people in this school who can definitely relate.
“You have to power through and finish out strong, even when you don’t want to…which is pretty much every day,” said senioritis sufferer, Joshua “Buck” Campbell. Campbell hits it pretty much on the nose, you can’t give up no matter how bad you want to.
High school is kind of like a mile in track: every year is the equivalent to one lap. We’re on the last 100m of this lap, and with the end of sight it seems so easy to just give up. Sure you may be already accepted into college, meaning it doesn’t matter where you finish in your mile race, but you do still have to finish. Others may still be waiting on that acceptance letter, and they pushed it so hard in the first portion of the year that they just kinda ran out of gas. Either way, we all have to finish out to the best of our ability. Like every coach you’ve ever had has always said: “It’s not about where you start. It’s about where you finish.” Finish strong, class of 2017… we are almost there.
