Alexandra Summa
01/20/2015
She can barely move. For the fourth day in a row, she drags
herself out of bed after missing the first two alarms. Her eyes are heavy and
her motivation is at an all-time low. She leaves the house half asleep, wearing
the same outfit she fell asleep in. Although she doesn’t yet realize it, her
underclassmen friends noticed days ago. She has a classic case of Senioritis.
“I
don’t even want to wake up or get dressed anymore,” senior Missy Vadney said. “I
remember seeing other seniors deal with this, and I never understood where it
came from. Now that I’m in their position, I completely understand.”
Symptoms
include a heavy dose of laziness and trouble focusing. All from four years of
repeating the same routine. Senior Matt Wordworths case of senioritis came with
an excessive desire to wear sweatpants every day and a low motivation for
school work. He believes his senioritis is progressively going to get worse
throughout the school year.
Katie
agrees, feeling senioritis only gets worse. While she attempts to push herself
to be productive, a strong sense of low-motivation kicks in, leaving her case
of senioritis worse than ever. “I also knew it was bad when work for my easy
classes, started feeling difficult.”
While
the urges are strong, senior Ali Catalfamo fights to keep her focus. She
understands that colleges are still carefully monitoring grades and says it is
important to stay motivated.
“I think it is important to stay focused
because students still have to pass their classes,” Catalfamo said. “Colleges
can easily take away admission if they see a student failing classes because
those are not the grades they saw when the students applied.”
To
Missy, staying focused is a daily battle and she is ready for the only known
cure to senioritis: graduation. “Every day for four years, it’s been the same
thing and I think everyone’s ready to move on,” she said. The only thing that
can fix senioritis is graduation, and as the day becomes closer, it becomes
harder to focus.”
