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The Life Of a Second Semester Senior

I am miserable, unmotivated, and sad.

The thought of waking up at six o’clock on a Monday morning brings tears to my eyes.

The simple action of even picking up a pen to complete my week-late homework sends me into an over dramatic life evaluation- Why am I here? What am I doing? Why did I choose to not take a morning study hall? Does my college actually care about my final year grades?

I am a second semester senior.

Yikes.

My already horrible attendance has gotten even worse, my ability to stay awake during class is now non-existent, and I cannot even find half of my school supplies.

While I choose to avoid basically every single responsibility or piece of unnecessary work that is thrown my way, I still have the fire and determination I had my freshman year. But instead of using that passion and investing it in my schoolwork or some sort of volunteer or extracurricular activity, I am putting all of my energy towards doing absolutely nothing.

I am  completely determined to complete nearly half of the bare minimum and still get by- and I am a force to be reckoned with. At this point of the year I am a master of manipulation. I will do anything, and I mean anything, to get out of doing schoolwork.

I do not stand alone. Nearly every person in my grade feels the exact same way I do.

Julia Caruso, voted to have the worst case of senioritis, states, “Being a senior is awesome. I have stashes of popcorn, pretzels, and even sometimes fruit hidden all around the school.”

While it sounds like senior year is a complete mess, which it is, it also gets a bit sad when you realize that you will never see any of these people again after graduation.

Sure you will see your good friends outside of school and probably maintain relationships with those who attend the same college as you or end up living in the same area, however, the traditional high school scene as you know it is ending

After June, it is very plausible that your entire class will never be present at the same location ever again. Even at class reunions in twenty years, you won’t be able to talk about your super annoying math teacher or that weird girl that sits next to you in biology ever again- simply because you will not remember.

As relevant these people are to our lives now, in twenty years, it will be difficult to remember your classmates last names.

Scary, right?

As a senior, I can say that it is very odd to think of where everyone will be in twenty, or even ten, years. While we all like to believe that we have a plan, everyone’s plan will be slightly or majorly altered along the way. That kid who wants to go to medical school might end up being an accountant, while the kid who seems as though they have absolutely no plan whatsoever may be showing up to the class reunions in a private jet.

Truly, anything can happen.

Overthinking is a huge part of senior year- most of mine tends to happen as I’m dozing off in class.

As horrible as senior year may seem, it is important to appreciate each and every human who surrounds you in this time, because in twenty years when you run into your former lab partner at the post office, it’s gonna be extremely awkward when you can barely remember his name.