Why Seniors Should Be Changed On College Students

Seniors have been working their way through high school one stressful year at a time. This last year is the year many starts stressing over college and high school transcripts. They keep their grades above a “C” in order to be exempted from finals. Now, they have been given a new requirement. One that can make it so they have to worry about finals. They cannot miss more than five days the entire semester, even if it was for a medical reason. As someone who used to miss school because they were constantly sick, at the doctors/dentist or in pain, I do not agree with this new requirement. Seniors shouldn’t have to have the exemption requirements changed on them, but since the school won’t change the requirements they should be more lenient on the absences.
Many students that have missed a lot of days have been in the hospital. …show more content…
One of them has kept their grades up in hopes that they wouldn’t miss the final, but since they missed more than five days they have to take them. The other senior stopped trying to keep their grade up due to the fact they knew that they would have to take finals. Being told that we cannot be exempted just by keeping good grades like the seniors before the 2018 class has discouraged many seniors from trying this school year. They stopped caring whether or not their grades were good if they have missed more than five days.
They do not have a choice if they come down with a virus during the beginning of the second semester. This school year many students came down with the flu and missed at least a week of school, some missed more than that. They decided to not infect their peers at school and stay home. They kept their grades up, and yet they are still being forced to take the finals. All this while hoping that it doesn’t drop their grades, and in the end, they cannot