Do you remember the track and field unit in gym class? You know how you’re supposed to try your hardest during that last part of a race or so to cross that finish line? Well, I’m here to tell you that isn’t the case for senior year (grade 12)!
Grade 12 is more commonly known as senior year down in the states than here in Canada, but I assure you, senioritis still exists! (And no, that isn’t actually a serious illness.)
Senioritis is when students display a lack of effort or motivation towards their studies in their final year, whether it be in high school, university/college or graduate school. You probably wouldn’t think that is the case, since grade 12 is the year when your marks really matter for post-secondary (your other marks are important too though!). But recently, my friends and I have really experienced senioritis.
Whether it’s because of the nice weather we’ve been having here in Calgary, because of all the talk about graduation or otherwise, it’s a serious issue! If senioritis strikes you hard enough, your marks might start slipping due to your lack of studying or your attendence record starts to suffer due to the fact you may start skipping classes (skipping classes tends to lower your marks in general since you miss out on things…don’t skip!). If things get really bad, the post-secondary institutions who extended an offer of admission to you just might take them back! Scary thought much…
According to Wikipedia, the thought that “only students that take advanced placement classes are the ones affected by senioritis” is a common misconception! I’m not entirely sure why that would be the case though. I can assure you that amongst my friends, both students taking normal classes and IB classes have been afflicted. =P
Anyways, in a nutshell, I’ve been taking advantage of the good weather and staying out later than I should have in the sun…which doesn’t help since the sun sets rather late in Calgary now. I can’t wait for summer… ♥
In next week’s post, I’ll hopefully be able to let those of you in senior year know how you can deal with senioritis if you’ve been feeling the effects of it too. This post is to just get the word out about this (oh-so-serious crippling) disease! Between now and then, try your best to work hard! =]
What's it called when you get the symptons throughout all of high school? XD
Uh…an issue you should get looked at?? I have not a clue…=P I should hope some part of high school has inspired you though, whether it be academic or otherwise. =]