did you suffer from senioritis?

[SpiderGal]

This problem is really taking on the seniors badly. Did you suffer from it too during the high school senior year?

How was it like? Can you elaborate on the specific problems you faced? How did you get over it?

Any suggestions for the high school seniors going through this awful phase?

[Kitty]

I don't think this is like an actual disease or condition..it's just a term for feelin' lazy your senior year.

[WorkInProgress]

I don't think this is like an actual disease or condition..it's just a term for feelin' lazy your senior year.

Yep. Pretty much. Like old-timer's. Or lame duck sorts of behavior.

[wordsmith]

I wasn't lazy, but I was def. ready to get the hell out. I was the only one of my friends going away (everyone else was doing the local community college thing for a couple of years at least, if anything), and so I'd already started forcing myself to detach to get ready for the big move.

Now when I go back and look at a lot of my writing assignments for my composition class, I wrote so much that had moving on and making transitions as a theme.

[pisces2473]

Why are you asking this question? Are you a HS senior?

[wordsmith]

Or teacher?

[Kitty]

Or teacher?

I'm hoping a teacher doesn't write like that.

[pisces2473]

Profile says 19.

[WorkInProgress]

I was so ready to leave, second semester of both HS and college. I think it's pretty normal.

[Kitty]

I think I could have graduated a semester early. I only took like two classes that last semester and one of them was art.

[wordsmith]

I'm hoping a teacher doesn't write like that.

You'd be amazed the doctoring I have to do to press releases I get from teachers and principals. Disheartening, really. Thankfully, not usually English teachers.

Profile says 19.

There you go then, obv. HS senior.

[WorkInProgress]

I think I could have graduated a semester early. I only took like two classes that last semester and one of them was art.

I could have graduated a semester early as well, but it would not have been the best decision for me. I'm glad I didn't.

[Kitty]

I could have graduated a semester early as well, but it would not have been the best decision for me. I'm glad I didn't.

Same here.

[wordsmith]

I would have missed my final play, and I wasn't willing to do that, since I stood the chance at a lead role (and got it).

[SpiderGal]

I'm hoping a teacher doesn't write like that.

Why, what's wrong with the writing?

[Kitty]

Why, what's wrong with the writing?

"This problem is really taking on the seniors badly."

and

"How was it like?"

[SpiderGal]

Eehyeah,

I was in hurry.

What was it like?

The problem is really affecting the seniors badly.


Awright?

[EmberMae]

My classes were so easy the last half of senior year, it did not matter anyway.

[Kitty]

Eehyeah,

I was in hurry.

What was it like?

The problem is really affecting the seniors badly.


Awright?

You asked!

[shimma]

who doesn't suffer from senioritis?

I don't think this is an appropriate messageboard for a minor though. Maybe try jellybean?

[wordsmith]

While I don't necessarily think it's INappropriate for a minor, I can't imagine that midtwentysomething issues are gonna be all that fascinating to somebody finishing up high school.

Did I wanna talk about 401k's, homeownership, etc. when I was a senior in high school? Hell, no. I don't wanna talk about them at 29, most of the time.

[Kitty]

While I don't necessarily think it's INappropriate for a minor, I can't imagine that midtwentysomething issues are gonna be all that fascinating to somebody finishing up high school.

Yeah, whole different set of problems.

[Skyblade]

The only senioritis I really had was with my calculus class. Before the final exam my grade in the class was like 79.9%. So if I tried hard on the final exam I would get a B...and if I completely failed I would still get a C. I decided not to try and take the C since I had already been accepted to college, etc. I even forgot to bring my calculator on the day of the final (shows how much I cared).

[SmilesSoSweet]

I guess I had it in high school. I don't remember too much, but I did get a little lazy towards the last six months of the school year, especially after knowing I already got excepted into a college and was just ready to get out of high school.

I definitely had it in college as well. I just wanted my projects to be done and not that I got lazy, I was just enjoying work (sickening, I know) more than being at school.

[weary]

i didn't even know what this [senioritis] was until a week ago when my kid told me one of his teachers was fussing about it b/c the class before his was a senior class and they hadn't been paying attention. :0

i didn't have time for it in HS b/c i was working 2 jobs and trying to potty-train my tot between studying for finals. in college i was really enjoying being a student (even though i was still working FT and this time the kid was much bigger and more demanding!), and didn't want to leave. i wished i could've taken MORE classes and stayed longer. i know...i'm a dork. :googly:

[cache]

If you think it is awful, then it is not senior-itis. Senior-itis was great.

I had 3 study halls my senior year of HS, and the classes I did have were much easier than the classes I had taken prior to that.

Not so much in college, because I enjoyed my classes, plus I did care about my graduation GPA, unlike HS.

[asm198]

I had it. But, in my case, it was more because they didn't know what to do with me my senior year. I had taken every advanced class they offered by the time I hit my senior year and I was already signed up to take the only two college classes they offered. So, I basically just took fun classes to fill up the schedule the rest of the day. It was fun, but not difficult. I got to be such a slacker that I can't remember ever showing up on time for my first class. School started at 8:25 and I'd roll into class around 8:45-8:50. Not a single person cared if I was on time or not.

The class was AG bookeeping, but half the class wanted to do shop instead, so the teacher was always watching those kids to make sure they didn't kill each other with the nail gun, and for good reason. Halfway through the semester, I was the only one allowed to use it after a close call. The rest of us sometimes helped in the shop, but mostly sat around and watched videos, talked, or gossiped about Days of our lives. Heh, that was a fun class.

[coll214]

Ahh, senioritis... once college apps went out, it was bad. We got away w/ murder... The only class I HAD to take was English, everything else was electives. I had at least two study halls a day and sometimes was so far ahead in one class, he'd just let me leave :).

In college, it was the same thing. My last few semesters the classes were so small, it was like a gathering of friends, complete with pizza :).

[wordsmith]

Def. no senioritis in college. I was too busy having a meltdown that my chosen field, teaching, wasn't happening following my lousy student teaching, and scrambling to find an alternate plan quickly. No time for senioritis.

[asm198]

Oh yeah. Defintely no senioritis in college. Life kind of fell apart in the middle of my sophomore year, so I never got that far. Unless you want to count severe depression, apathy, and a nearly complete emotional breakdown senioritis...

[GoogleGirl]

I'm having more of a reverse senioritis at the moment. Graduation is only a month away, but I don't wanna leave college. period. I don't want to grow up yet. Can I be a college kid for just a few more years? lol

[Skyblade]

I'm having more of a reverse senioritis at the moment. Graduation is only a month away, but I don't wanna leave college. period. I don't want to grow up yet. Can I be a college kid for just a few more years? lol

Yeah, I kind of felt like that when I was graduating college. I still really miss it. Its no wonder there are so many people who stay in school for what seems like forever.

[eastcoaster782]

I didn't get "senioritis" because the college I was accepted to still took note of high school grades for scholarships and other financial assistance. Plus, I really take academics and all other learning experiences seriously. Employers don't hire or keep slackers. School tests your ability to handle the real world.

[wordsmith]

Same here, I feel like you look like an asshole if you slack off on the home stretch.