Senioritis: Growing Epidemic or Due Right?

Too often, during the last lingering months of school, do we condemn the lethargic and often absent members of the Senior class. This state of mind, generally referred to as “Senioritis,” has become noticeably evident in Lake Hamilton. This seldom investigated but ever prevalent attitude has left the student body wondering what to make of this sudden change in behavior and why it’s looked upon as poor work ethic by outsiders rather than a just prioritization. In an effort to defend the wrongly accused Seniors, I have grudgingly summoned up the will earpower necessary to provide a glimpse of truth to the reluctant eyes of all non- smen, do not critSeniors.

Senioritis has, no doubt, surfaced once again, as it does every year. Why is it, however, always associated with such a negative connotation? We Seniors have endured thirteen years of everything from Drops in the Bucket worksheets to Prep Sessions. Although our high school education is greatly valued and a necessary stepping stone in our futures, who can blame us if our eyes are set towards the bigger and brighter: college. On top of our valiant efforts in school this year, our lives have been an endless parade of scholarship essays, college brownnosing, and rollicking in our last months of childhood. There is sufficient evidence to suggest that a break is well deserved. It is with great distain, however, that we are taunted with accusations of laziness and apathy. 

My dear teachers and underclassmen, do not criticize this foreign phenomenon. Embrace this supersaturation of knowledge not yet conceivable to the younglings, and this youth so distant in the memories of teachers. Drop your pitchforks and torches and marvel at the education with which we have been prepared.  Take this attitude as assurance that we are ready to leave our mesh backpacks and easy A’s behind and face the challenges of adulthood.