...overall lethargic attitude rapidly spread from student to student as the end of the school year nears. Unfortunately, the repercussions of their actions are not as innocent as some seniors like to believe. Senioritis has short-term as well as long-term damage on their academic attainment such as loss of college acceptance, difficulties with college level classes, lack of desire to further education and a continued apathetic attitude towards the end of any undertaking. To understand why senioritis is so destructive to a senior’s future, it should first be identified. Senioritis is defined as an imaginary syndrome attributed to students nearing the end of high school and college, whose symptoms include laziness, procrastination and apathy toward schoolwork. Towards the end of the senior year of high school, many seniors have already been accepted into colleges, have plans to study a certain area or will already have jobs lined up for them when they graduate high school. Many are so focused on the future that the present is no longer important to them. English class doesn’t hold value to a future car mechanic. Biology is irrelevant to the senior pursuing the dream of being an artist. They have a strong desire to free themselves from the educational system that has held them there for 12 years. Although they have grown as a person and a student, in the eyes of a senior, the monotonous details of their school day have...
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...Senioritis, according to Urban Dictionary, is a supposed affliction for students in their final year of high school or college, characterized by a decline in motivation or performance. The word was created sometime in the mid 1900’s but has been used more in since about 2000 mostly in the US. and Canada. Senioritis has been generally defined more many years, but there are still many misunderstandings about what it truly is. Senioritis is not what most adults believe it to be. Many adults believe it is when a student is lazy for no reason. A senior diagnosed with senioritis may be lazy, but there are multiple reasons behind the laziness that consumes the student. Senioritis is not defined by years of lack of drive but is usually described as a lost of motivation only in a student's final year of schooling, and anyone who supposedly contracts this ailment before their senior year is a lazy slug that will, once their final year arrives, be doused with salt and shrivel up into a pile of goop. Another misconception is that senioritis can also be described as a minor case of sloth. This is also false. True senioritis is not shown by minor accounts of laziness; those are just...
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...Educators debate extending high school to five years due to the increasing demands on students from employers and colleges. Those for it say that it will give students more time to achieve what is expected, and those against it say that students would lose intrest and attendance will drop in year five. Of course there seems to be advantages and disadvantages to both, but lets be realistic, in America today, education isn't exactly our most relishing topic. I feel that extending high school one more year is a bad idea for three reasons, students really only have three years, there will be a loss of intrest, and its just a "band aid" for bigger problems. Firstly, if you think about it, there are really only three years of high school, because does anyone really get anything done senior year? No. Senior year is a time of waiting, for school to end, for your acceptance letters to come in, it's a time of waiting. Not to mention the commonly known disease that seems to incubate all seniors called "senioritis". Senioritis is basically not doing anything. With 5 years of high school students would waste 2 years to senioritis instead of just one. Out of the millions of students enrolled in high school, maybe one out of 5 truly enjoys school, where as the others just treat it as a social gathering very early in the morning. After the first three years of high school, coming into your senior year, you become a human form of a slug, very slow, both physically and mentally. Of course...
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...Senioritis, what exactly is it? It is what it sounds like. People can describe it as the way seniors get toward the end of the school year. Not only seniors, but teachers can get this way too. They get extremely lazy and unmotivated. The urban dictionary defines senioritis as “A crippling disease that strikes high school seniors. Symptoms include: laziness, an over-excessive wearing of track pants, old athletic shirts, sweatpants, athletic shorts, and sweatshirts. Also features a lack of studying, repeated absences, and a generally dismissive attitude. The only known cure is a phenomenon known as Graduation.” Sounds pretty accurate, right? These days, some students are not motivated to do things. They do it because they need to, not because they want to. Senioritis is powerful. I am going to talk about how I’m dealing with senioritis, intrinsic...
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...Did you ever wonder what changed and stayed the same during your high school career? There are terms such as senioritis that try to explain a change in your mentality throughout high school. Many people also find their physical changes extreme. Some people might come in four foot something, but they may leave six foot three benching 275. In high school, many things change and stay the same such as your mentality towards work and your physical body. First, freshmen year is scary because you don't know what to expect, and you don't know how to act. I always thought the courses were going to be so hard and difficult, so I studied and made sure I was prepared every day. I also never did anything at home until I hit freshmen year because time was always given to us in abundance in middle school. This realization hits you early in high school because all the teachers warned you and tried to scare you. I also didn't know how to manage my time and did simple research and citing by myself. In conclusion, freshmen come into high school expecting the worst, so they always try to go an extra step during academics to be safe....
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...Begin WRITING TEST Here. If you ever ask a highschool student whether they would want to go one more year very few would say yes. I would, not because I like school, not because I enjoy spending six hours cooped up inside, but because I could use one more year to just be sure I am completely prepared for college. Along with this I feel that because we are required to take tenth grade graduation test and most of our tenth grade year is spent preparing for this test. Highschool students today are highly prepared for the world, but that one extra year in high school could possibly be spent taking time on preparatory courses in college type setting. Students get thrown into the college setting which is a major shock to them due to the major differences. Maybe doing this our freshmen's first quarter wouldn't be as much of a change. Because we have to take the graduation test in tenth grade we don't learn anything that year. We need another year due to that, so we should go one more year to make sure we are ready. Scoring Explanation This essay demonstrates inconsistent skill in responding to the task. The writer takes a position but displays no recognition of a counter-argument to that position. Development of ideas is thin with general statements to explain the first idea (Students get thrown into the college setting which is a major shock to them due to the major differences) and very little explanation of the second idea (Because we have to take the graduation test...
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...A dragon is an obstacle that everyone has to one day face and overcome. Dragons come in life not to discourage but to encourage. Without dragons, there will be no improvement or growth. In order for me to move forward in life, I have to make many decisions for my future and most of that decision making starts now in my senior year of high school. My dragons are stress, college preparations, and graduating. I want to conquer these dragons because they are the biggest situations that I confront daily. In order for me to be able to deal with other situations that may come later, I have to defeat these dragons. What I will learn from conquering the current obstacles will help me conquer my future obstacles. Since the beginning of my 12th grade year, I have been struggling due to stress. My stress is coming from me because I make sure all my assignments are complete and done. Completing all of my assignments are great, but I take my time on my homework so I can understand the material. I take a long time to complete my work that has to be done on a daily basis. I get stressed easily because it takes me a...
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...A year that is there to make memories that will last a lifetime, to have an emotional roller coaster about leaving the people you have grown up with, and the numerous applications to fill out could be a definition for senior year. Every year leading up to senior year is taken as a leadway, but the dreaded year comes when students, who still have to raise their hand to go to bathroom, must make decisions about their future. Senior year is a reminder that not everything works out as planned and things have no choice but to change. Through the jumbled up mess of senior year students need to take time to relax and be a kid for the last time before they enter the real world as adults. The emotions will start out as a high going into the last first...
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...At this point in my life I find myself in an interesting predicament regarding my attitudes toward reading and writing; more so towards reading. Years ago I used to love reading books for pleasure but nowadays I find myself reading things that little to no effort to digest. This includes the very basic posts on facebook expressing one’s opinion on something or articles and threads on reddit discussing topics I find intriguing. Perhaps it’s the severe senioritis that has overcome me as I enter my last semester at Chapman University. As I’ve gotten lazier I can see it start to reflect in my everyday life. Deep down I still love to read but I rarely find myself getting truly invested into the action unless it relates to something I am very passionate about. My passion for reading began back as second and third grader in Elementary school. One thing I remember is I always got excited when the teachers would pass out the booklets advertising all the scholastic books you could choose from for that month. I would be very meticulous in my process of picking books based on the pictures and description as I only wanted to get ones I thought were best. There was no better feeling walking into class and seeing the piles of books at the front of the room. I would sometimes sneak a peek to see which kid had the biggest stack for that month. Once I got my books I would treat the books with the utmost care, as if they were precious treasure. And to me that’s really what they were, my...
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...you prepare to graduate reflect on your time in high school. Senioritis has officially set in. Red Level High School has been a great place for me to grow and learn throughout the years. When I think about all the years I have walked these halls they all seem to blend together and become a blur; it all went by so fast. As I spend my last few days wandering the halls I often reflect back on my life and how far I have come. I will always remember Red Level as the place that built me and allowed me to grow and meet so many great people. Being in high school teaches people different things and it has taught me that friends are not always forever, things do get better as time progresses, never take anyone or anything for...
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...Good afternoon fellow classmates, parents, friends, family, and community members. Now I’m sure you all know why we are here today. Yep that right, it’s that time…class of 2015, it’s our time, it’s our time to finally sit in these chairs, to wear these caps and gowns, to be handed a diploma, and to say our goodbyes. Now as I was sitting down trying to figure out how I was going to write this speech, the only thing that came to my mind was playing basketball. Now why would I be thinking about basketball at this time? I mean come on were about to graduate and here I am thinking about a game! But then it hit me, high school in some ways is a lot like a basketball game. Both are hard, challenging, difficult, and by the end, you’re relieved that its over. Now just imagine, you are warming up for the game, you have all those nervous butterflies dancing around in your stomach, you are scared that you might mess up and get pulled out of the game. Now imagine being in the middle of the court, waiting for the ref to throw the opening tip, your Adrenaline is at its highest, you see the ref throw up the ball, the players tip it, and all of the sudden your off running to one side of the court, the easiest yet the most terrifying part of the game. If you think about it, this is a lot like our freshmen year. You have no idea what is in store for you but you know that you just have to play and get that first year done with. Now back to the game, you have just finished that first quarter and...
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... 18-19 A. Recommendations B. Action Plan VIII. Bibliography 20 IX. Appendices 21-36 Appendix A – Sample Questionnaire Appendix B – Other Researches 1 ABSTRACT In this research material, we aim to know the problems of a senior high school student especially the K+12 coming. A survey was made containing questions about what we have observed among other senior students. We had 100 respondents from different high schools. We consider you to definitely see the answers to the research questions because we can clearly prove that what we experience are just same with what our respondents face. The result recommends more number of students to participate and a wider area including rural areas. 2 INTRODUCTION It is everyone’s dream to graduate high school. It is because it will be their stepping stone to fully realize their dreams. Graduating high school is not as easy as you think especially when we are on the verge of the K+12 implementation. It is a hard thing to do, especially when something bothers or hinders you to do your main purpose in high school. There are many requirements to pass, hard lessons to learn and different problems to encounter. A senior high school student will never say that it is very easy to graduate secondary education because of the very many struggles he...
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...can just ask Alex if I can just borrow his paper. The teacher wouldn’t even notice and Alex can care less, another minute shaved off for me. Ready, set, and go. That is now becoming the usual life for a high school student in the 21st century, rushing to class in order to get work done, just before the bell rings. The mentality of high school students going into college is slowly becoming less and less focused on education. Knowing that in high school they can get an easy “A”, student’s focus more on trying to fit in with the crowd. Trying to act cool by following others, because who studies anymore? Most students will tell themselves that studying is not important and they will pass the class regardless. Students get used to obtaining good grades in their classes when they do not deserve it, which leads to a struggling college life. They get too accustomed to getting something they don’t deserve and don’t realize that their quality of work is not good enough material to earn them, not get them, an “A” on a paper. High school is not preparing students well enough to succeed in college, therefore things need to change and teachers need to put down their foot and give students the education they deserve. Living from bell to bell is a common thing that occurs in High School. Completing your Math homework in your English class and finishing up your English paper in your History class. Sound stupid? Well it is. Since the student is now so focused on getting their homework done...
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...way to put my ideas into words. Once I had a finished outline, I checked with Mrs. Gelwicks to ensure my essay would succeed. After I received the go ahead, I began to write my body paragraphs first before even thinking about my introduction. The introduction always brought me the biggest struggle. I would write it, erase it, and rewrite it at least four times before I was even remotely happy with it. Writing my introduction last helped because it was the final piece in putting my paper together. I learned that in my style of writing, the introduction was formed through my body paragraphs, even though some writers the opposite idea. Any high school student will tell you that homework and work time are optional, but in Composition it’s mandatory when it comes to being successful. As a senior, I am already dealing with a disease called senioritis, so putting in extra time out of class, and using my class time effectively was quite a challenge. The week I came back for Christmas break—two weeks before the end of the term—I finally learned how to use my time effectively. I learned to bring headphones to block out my funny, yet distracting peers. Time management was key in this class, so I decided to to break my essays into checkpoints to ensure I finished my essay before the due date, and not the night before. If I would’ve used this simple technique four papers earlier, I would’ve finished this term without the abundance of weight sitting on my shoulders. In almost every writing...
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...product since it was very similar to my struggle with the Wii. While I loved playing video games, there were several incidents where it was clear that games had taken over my life. I distinctly remember one day my junior year of high school where I actually skipped school just to play a new game that my brother had bought for his Xbox 360. This incident led to many more days of me just not wanting to go to school because sitting at home playing my brothers Xbox was much more fun. In 2013, my senior year of high school, I bought a Playstation 4 (PS4). This was one of the best decisions I ever made in terms of finding a hobby that I truly loved. When it came to school, that was a different story! My new-found love and excitement for video games coupled with an extremely bad case of senioritis led to many days home ‘sick’. At certain times throughout the last few years I remember being so addicted to video games that simply leaving the house made me nervous. I was like a baby seeing the world for the first time. I would experience that initial moment of bright and blinding light, being surrounded by a bunch of people, and my mother in the background very relieved that she had gotten rid of me. Despite the negative effects my PS4 had on my school work and my personal life, I have never regretted spending so much money on such a small object. My gaming console has brought me limitless hours of enjoyment. It truly is amazing what technology is capable of. From January 17- 18...
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