WOODBURY— It starts innocently enough: a few skipped classes, an extra hour of sleep, or maybe just finding anything you may think is better to do with your day, but before you know it your infected and senioritis has taken over.
Senioritis is a term often used to describe the time when high school students tend to lose their motivation during their final year, but does it really just hit senior year?
“I’ve had senioritis since I walked in the door for freshman orientation,” senior Julia Longoria said. “I knew it was going to be a long time and I can definitely say it was.”
For me personally, I can definitely say that it’s hit me fast and hard.
Freshman and sophomore year, I was on an academic roll. Then junior year rolled around, and let me say, it all went down from there. Classes got harder and my motivation decreased, and by the time senior year came around, I just wanted to be done.
Everyone likes to say junior year is the hardest, and after that experience, I can agree. For me, chemistry was not easy. I had it first thing in the morning, and some days I would just keep driving past the school, go get food and then come back and wait for the next period. Longoria relates.
“I really grinded through freshman to beginning of junior year; then all of a sudden, I was just, like, I really don’t feel like doing schoolwork,” said Longoria. “I would put it off to the last minute and that’s just how I am ’til this day.”
For those wondering if they have been infected by senioritis or if your classmates have, look around and you’ll probably spot the kids staring at the walls or the ceiling with the same intensity you’d expect from someone watching paint dry.
Even backpacks are just a jumbled mess. I have folders bursting at the seams filled with papers I never touch. At this point, my backpack is just a glorified purse — except my homework sits untouched and forgotten.
For those wondering if there’s a cure, there’s not, so keep pushing through.
I would write more, but I’m a senior and I can definitely say I’ve been struck with the senioritis. So good luck to all the seniors — and even the juniors and anyone else feeling the impact of the senioritis.
This is the opinion of Ava Hustek, a senior news editor for the Chief Advocate.
