As the second semester begins, many seniors find themselves struggling with “senioritis.” “Senioritis” is commonly known as senior students lacking motivation and procrastinating their school work.
As many seniors make decisions on their future plans, high school work may begin to lose its importance. Most senior students begin having built up pressure with their due assignments, work, and their plans for after high school, causing them to have no motivation in doing school work.
“I honestly feel that I do have senioritis. I find myself feeling stressed and overwhelmed with the workload and over thinking about what I’m going to do after high school. So I find myself staying home, skipping class or just procrastinating on work,” senior Miranda Reyes said.
As the senior students skip doing their school work, wanting to take a break, they start falling behind. This can lead to admin and teachers to be frustrated with the lack of work done and students missing class.
“It affects my learning because I catch myself falling behind sometimes on work that I should’ve done on day one. And people tend to look down on you when you’re absent a lot,” Reyes said.
“Senioritis” tends to make people feel worse as school work piles up. However, this does not mean it is not possible for students to get over it.
“Yes, I do think I can combat it because I have before. Once the stress goes away I lock in and get all my work, and come back on top,” Reyes said. “Especially having a lot of younger friends, I don’t want to set a bad example and make them follow in my footsteps.”
Some teachers notice a change in students behavior and work ethic, while others have not.
“I have not noticed a change yet. My 12th grade class is only a semester long class so I just got a new bunch of kids. Right now, they are working hard but this might change as we get closer to Spring,” English teacher Julia Goldberg said.
The courses that are required for graduation often see less of an impact as they hold more importance for many seniors.
“I think one thing about their ELA course is that they need the credit to graduate so they are more motivated,” Goldberg said.
