By Maria Clark
Silverton High School senior Anna Farmer has to drag herself to school in the mornings and her school days are becoming excruciating.
Farmer is one of many students who has a bad case of senioritis.
"These last couple of years have been full of knowledge, sure, but honestly all I can think about is getting out of here,” Farmer said.
Senioritis is described as a lack of motivation and laziness. It ruins dreams. Destroys goals and wrecks grade point averages. It’s a student’s worst nightmare and a teacher’s worst enemy.
Senior Michael Jones describes his senioritis as “getting bathroom passes and cutting classes.”
Why do seniors work hard for three and a half years only to procrastinate the last months?
“Senioritis isn’t a myth, but some students take advantages of the condition. It’s frustrating to watch a student come so far and work so hard only to quit at the end,” teacher Nancy Miller said.
With June quickly approaching, seniors are more than eager to reach the finish line – high school graduation – and advance to their next goal in life – college, career or military service. What some seniors fail to realize is grades still matter and that getting low grades in the last semester could hinder future goals.
“Most colleges will want an eight semester transcript so it’s important that the student finishes strongly,” counselor Greg Snyder said.
As the school year draws closer to an end the symptoms of senioritis tend to get atrocious.
“I just don’t want to be at school anymore,” senior Jade Walters said.
Snyder describes the symptoms of senioritis as “an intense rash followed by forgetfulness followed by fever followed by intense procrastination followed by sore throat followed by ‘I don’t want to do this anymore.”
A word of advice to try and overcome senioritis from Snyder is that “senior year is over before you know it, enjoy the experience.”
