High School Senior Year Essay

“Senioritis: An ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower grades” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary. "Senioritis"). All throughout America, thousands of seniors develop symptoms of this debilitating disease, especially during their second semesters. Is this epidemic a legitimate illness, or is senioritis just a rationalization made by lazy students? Although several seniors say otherwise, senioritis is a pseudo-scientific disease employed by…

Senioritis and Post-High School Plans As fourth quarter begins, students across the high school are realizing that the school year is beginning to draw to a close. The weather is slowly becoming more pleasant, end-of-the-year events are starting up, and the thought of summer is creeping into the back of many students’ minds again--especially seniors. As it does every year, Senioritis is starting to make an appearance in the graduating class. Senioritis occurs in many seniors when they realize…

Evaluation: An Analysis of Senior English Senior year is filled with both excitement and an overload of stress. While still attending high school and its workload, pile college applications and scholarships on top of all that. Most seniors feel ‘senioritis’ during their senior year and it getting past it becomes one of the hardest parts of senior year. We tend to forget that although we are so close to being done with high school, that we still have time and work left in high school that…

The Last Year It’s the last year of high school and students would like nothing more than to walk across that stage to receive their diploma, but they have to make it through the school year first. Many high school seniors experience the slump known as “senioritis.” It causes laziness, procrastination, passiveness towards school work and truancy (Beau). Seniors have spent the past three and a half years juggling: academics, extracurricular activities, a job, and family obligations, but once…

in high school should be able to graduate a year early. To most kids, they go through high school like any other. They take 4 full years to graduate. But some kids decide to take extra credits to graduate a year early. By taking extra classes to get extra credits allows kids to graduate during their Sophomore year. So, should kids be able to graduate a year early? Taking classes during the first three years of high school will give you more credits than you may need to graduate. Most high…

during my senior year. Graduating is my top priority in these nine months, so I can’t just goof off. Getting into college is my main goal and to start on the road to future success. Yes, senior year is supposed to be pizza and parties, but I have a busy schedule filled with AP classes and homework so I need to take it seriously. I hope to get accepted into a college or university by the end of my senior year. These nine months of my senior year is going to be stressful, depressing, and fun.…

At Needham High School, the debate on open campus has been going on forever. Currently, the rule for open campus is that juniors and seniors are allowed to leave the school during lunch and study periods. Unfortunately, freshmen and sophomores have not been allowed to leave school property in between eight in the morning and two thirty-five in the afternoon. This rule must be changed instantly because it is an unfair rule that allows the older students access to different lunch options…

Early Graduation High school, otherwise known as the “best four years of your life.” But why can it not be the best three years of your life, or maybe simply three years of your life (rhetorical question)? While these four years of dances, football games, parties, and homework can truly be the best four years of someone’s life that may not be the case for everyone. In a world dominated by the acceptance and flexibility of standards, it seems that the educational system shows little adjustability…

be a senior? To wonder what it’s like to be a senior can bring multiple thoughts to a person’s head. To be a senior means stress. From the workload, college searching, jobs, parents, relationships, friends and most importantly, MCGEE. It’s the constant worry of what life is going to bring. The excitement of finally being on our own, not always being told what to do. Or as Brooke Seidel say, “having a severe case of senioritis.” While most of us seniors when we’re asked about how high school is…

My senior year is very important to me and that’s why I use my time efficiently the last year of my high school. Being a senior means a lot to me, and imagining the life I would be having in the future. I want to accomplish many things while I’m still in high school, and make this year the best of my life. My first priority to end my last year is to graduate if I don’t graduate I won’t be able to get my bachelor degree as a pharmacist. Getting into a college is not easy to be accepted, and my…