Starting off in the second semester of the 2024-2025 school year, and I’m done. Senioritis, defined by Merriam-Webster: an ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower grades. Entering my senior year, I said to myself, “there’s no room to slack off.” Well I’m here saying that oh yea there is. But why exactly does it happen? Who does it affect? Should you worry? And, what are the symptoms of senioritis?
Why does senioritis occur?
There is no exact reason that one can pinpoint. Simply put, the seniors just want to leave. These seniors are ready to fly away into the near, but very near future that they will or have already planned out.
Who does it affect? I’d say about pretty much every senior you encounter. Not sure? Ask. But it affects them all differently. For example, it’s like a decreasing function. First you are in your all time prime. You get up to study and do homework and it’s all easy breezy. But steadily and surely it goes downhill. You have no motivation to do anything. Or on the contrary. For example, I started off second semester pretty shabby. I would rather just sit and sleep in class or study for two minutes and then take a two hour break. It doesn’t seem like my condition is improving, sadly. Or sometimes, senioritis occurs by seasons. You have weeks of straight grinding through work and getting everything done and then the next couple of weeks, you feel like doing nothing. So how can you tell you are dealing with senioritis?
The symptoms: excessive procrastination, a sudden drop of grades, having little to no motivation to do school work or to be in school, makes excuses to not go to school, hopping on Tik Tok instead of finishing your assignment, complaining out loud, sleeping in class, and not keeping up with your to-do list.
Is this something to worry about? Well of course! There are literally three more months of school, and when you least expect it, it’s going to be over. Yes, school is important. And, yes, school is tedious. But, remember that you’re almost done. You got this.
