Motivation In High School

We have all had the feeling, the feeling of wanting out and being completely unmotivated and done. Some people have had this feeling when they were teenagers. They were just ready to get out of their parents and live by their own rules. Some have had the feeling with a job and they just become so bored with it that they want to leave. Others, like me, and possibly you reading this, had it during high school. Everyone always talked about getting infected with the horrible “senioritis” disease. Well I got infected early with the “junioritis”. I was tired of the people I was forced to be around day to day, I didn’t care about any of my classes, and the dark, gloomy, plain repeating sight of the halls inside Canyon High School were exhausting to look at. I was done. It was about three weeks into my junior year when I …show more content…
Being a part of the varsity and competition cheerleading team helped me to stay motivated with my school work and kept my determination for wanting to be a good example for others up. Though, this motivation ended quite rapidly. The day I decided that I could no longer handle it, I had an instant need to leave and move on in life. I no longer had those studious qualities. I started showing up late, not completing assignments, and sleeping or watching Netflix during class. I then decided to schedule to speak to my counselor as soon as she was able to see me. Together we came up with a graduation plan for me. We figured out the course credits I needed to complete and I instantly felt the nerves coming because it was finally going to happen. Although I still had a year left of school, the feeling of having six months less than everyone else in my class, made my heart race and my body fill with excitement! It was time to kick things in gear and get out! Now fast forward to the very end of that next