As each year goes by, there’s a new freshman class. Of course, not all freshmen are completely incompetent, but it seems that teachers and students alike are noticing a decline in the “fresh meat’s” behavior.
“It seems like throughout the years, the freshmen classes have gotten worse,” said senior Neah Ewing.
I agree with this sentiment; we all remember how the freshmen were last year.
Ewing said, “I don’t pay much attention to the freshmen, but whenever I have, I feel that they are usually misbehaving.”
Given the new found freedom freshmen have gotten to experience after middle school, I would be messing around and testing my limits too.
Many teachers and students alike have noticed that every year freshmen do less and less work. This is partially due to the rising use of AI.
“I use AI to help me learn math,” said freshman Leah Yesconis. “I use it sometimes when I need to quickly do my homework last minute.”
Why not just do your homework? From my own experience with AI, the few times I’ve ever attempted to use it, it’s always been wrong. I don’t know if it’s a good idea to learn from something that is usually wrong, although this seems to be common practice.
“I do find myself using it for tricky subjects like geometry,” said sophomore Olivia Fisher.
I understand why students may resort to AI, especially for geometry. Geometry is definitely not my strong suit.
“The main issue for me was that I lost motivation and just slacked on my work,” said Fisher.
As a person that cannot meet deadlines to save their life, motivation is everything when it comes to finishing your work on time.
Teachers are becoming increasingly upset with students who aren’t finishing their work or aren’t even attempting to do so.
“Teachers don’t like it when students don’t do their work,” said freshman Maggie Leicher, “because they expect us to do it to learn.”
Some teachers may not care as much as others: they can’t force kids to learn.
“I think they can get really frustrated because they know a lot of students could be successful if they tried harder,” said Ewing.
From a senior who didn’t care very much about their grades my freshman year: if you plan on going to college, you should probably care about your grades a little more. But what do I know?
“No matter what you think of your end goal or dream,” said Fisher, “motivation is everything.”
Motivation is really important, but keeping an open mind and surrounding yourself with people who make you happy will also take you a long way.
Ewing said, “Make sure to enjoy your high school years and don’t take eveyrthing so seriously.”
