Every year, the senior class gets hit with the disease known by teachers as “senioritis.” Symptoms include not caring, skipping school, sleeping in, not doing homework, not checking grades, “forgetting” to do assignments, wandering the halls, dressing like a bum, and very commonly a dismissive attitude.
Anna Anderson says, “I hated school a lot more until this year because this year I don’t have to put in as much work to get by as I have before.” This is the attitude of many seniors as they approach graduation. these symptoms start off slow in the fall, but as spring comes along, they increase dramatically. Grades begin to drop, but the mindset of most is “So what? I’ve already been accepted into my college, so as long as I don’t fail, my grades don’t really matter.”
Why do students go through this? Is it because they truly do not care, or is it simply that they are just so ready to move on into the next chapter of life that students try to do whatever they can to make the school year go by as fast as possible? Whatever the reason, it is inevitable that at least some students from every graduating class each year will experience senioritis, only to pick their motivation back up as they go into their freshman year in college and over four years gradually regain their last experience of senioritis.