As seniors begin to top the horizon of their lives ahead, consumed by sensible accomplishment and huge relief with school, they tend to get struck with the sneaky effects of senioritis.

Seniors who cross the finish line of their first semester have worked day after day to complete their assignments or had restless nights studying for their exams, tend to think of senioritis as a joke, and or some funny warning that teachers will say to encourage them to not slack off despite it being the new semester. 

Senior Gavin Bower exclaimed, “ Senioritis is real! And I’ve been affected by it in years past as well, I just get fed up with school.” The unhealthy habits of procrastination and putting off school hoping they can still pass their classes, sometimes leaves students in the overwhelmingly dark abyss of assignments leaving few enough time to get passing grades to walk the stage with their friends.

These experiences with senioritis should come more to students as a wakeup call and not something to joke about, teachers and counselors don’t remind you to get work in and on time for nothing, it’s because they’ve too witnessed it first hand in many different students and its part of their goals and devotions to help you graduate and move on to bigger and better things.

Now wrapping up the thoughts and experiences surrounding senioritis, Senior Carson Henderson says, “Don’t slack off, finish your earlier years strong, and stay devoted to the end goal.” This advice should be acknowledged by younger students around prairie to always stay on top of to-do’s as best they can despite acquiring various freedoms as they reach their senior year to dilute the sneaky effects of senioritis.