Junior year when picking out my classes, I, along with many other seniors picked the easiest classes to make it through their last year of high school. 

Without taking dual enrollment, I had to take six classes and chose a late start or early release. Most of these classes included easy electives to get all 25 credits to graduate.

At the beginning of the year it hadn’t hit me yet so I thought my classes I signed up for were the easiest classes I’ve ever taken. Looking back on it now, I was wrong. They are no longer the easiest classes, they are one of the hardest. 

Some of you may be wondering why. If they were the easiest classes before, why are they now the hardest? 

The answer is senioritis. 

Senioritis – a supposed affliction of students in their final year of high school or college, characterized by a decline in motivation or performance is a term I’ve heard since freshman year. 

I knew the time would come when the term became part of my life but I didn’t know how much it would affect my senior year until it did. Some may say it’s just a term and it’s not actually something you can get diagnosed with but I disagree. It may not be a scientific diagnosis but in a way it is a diagnosis. 

If you were to walk up to any senior and ask if they have senioritis or had it at some point in their senior year, their answer will most likely be yes. 

“Yes I have senioritis,” Allie Lawson (12) said. “I work full time and it helps to get up and get school done before I go to work.”

Seniors are ready to get out and go to college or intern for their future career and not continue sitting in a classroom for hours. 

“It’s always better first semester, second semester it gets real hairy before spring break,” ELA teacher Brooke Braswell said. 

Senioritis.

A term I’m glad will not apply to me in two months.