There are eight more school days until summer vacation. For seniors, there are eight days left at Bethany. A disease that has plagued the class of 2018 is nasty thing called senioritis. Senioritis affects the brains of those approaching graduation, and symptoms can manifest as early as the first day of senior year. However, as the end of the year approaches, senioritis gets even worse. If you are a senior, here are five signs that you may have contracted senioritis. If you are not a senior… be on the lookout. The closer you get to graduation, the more likely you are to catch the bug.
SYMPTOMS OF SENIORITIS
Sleeping In:
Some kids like to get to school early to hang out with friends or get work done. This behavior is frequent in underclassmen who are eager to get to school and begin their day. However, as senioritis sets in, you may find yourself sleeping more and more. Your freshman year, you woke up at 6:30 in the morning in order to get to school at least twenty minutes before first bell. Now, you’re lucky to get up before 7:15, and you drag yourself into school right as the first bell rings. You are still in your pajamas, with a toothbrush hanging out of your mouth, but you don’t care because senioritis already has a strong hold on your brain and has you convinced that it doesn’t really matter what you look like.
Lack of Concentration:
Before senior year, younger students strive to take notes and listen to their teachers. If you’re infected with senioritis, however, you can kiss that attention span goodbye. Staying engaged in classbecomes exceedingly hard. The subject matter may be ridiculously easy, but you may still find yourself sitting in your desk, staring off into space. Remember that senioritis doesn’t just affect you, but your teachers as well. Your 9th period teacher now has to wrangle a classroom full of the infected. It would probably be easier for them to teach a room full of squirrels, and it’s all thanks to your senioritis.
Mopiness
You may have senioritis if you’ve lost the pep in your step. If you now spend your lunch periods curled up in a dark corner with a blanket and earphones in- instead of enjoying time outside, or socializing with friends- it’s too late for you. Senioritis has snuck its way in. All that you can do is continue to mope. Be sure to bring fuzzy blankets and wear comfortable clothes to at least make your suffering more comfortable.
Procrastination:
If you’re an underclassman and you think your procrastination is bad now, just wait until your senior year. If you get infected with senioritis, procrastination levels skyrocket. If you find yourself thinking, “It’s the end of the year… I’ve taken my SATs, I’ve gotten into college.. Why should I start this homework/study for this test/write this paper right now?”, then chances are you have senioritis-induced procrastination. This level of procrastination can cause you to put off a massive research paper until the period before, with zero remorse.
A Weird Mixture of Sadness and Relief
If you have senioritis, you may be a huge confusing ball of sad and glad all at once. You know you’re graduating soon. The senioritis constantly reminds you of how soon. So that means you don’t have to go through the stress of signing up for classes, or auditioning for musical ensembles, or playing a certain sport. However, nostalgia can also win over and remind you of the good times you had engaging in those activities. . Your younger more naive self and senioritis may battle it out in your brain, causing a big mess of emotions. This is normal.
If you are an underclassman, and see any senior infected with senioritis, be sure to give them lots of hugs… and coffee.. and presents…and particularly money if you can manage. They’ll need it where they’re going. And for the seniors who are infected already, don’t worry, you will recover from senioritis soon.. Until your senior year of college.