Sick of our school

November 15, 2011 • Justin Lewis, Op/Ed Editor  
Filed under Op/Ed

School is not really the most exciting thing in the world. Of course, the point of school is not to have fun, but it is nice to relax and just hang out with your friends.

I should be working on that one important project for that one class, the lab for my chemistry class, but I suppose I can do all those things later.

After all, it is my senior year. During all my other years of school, I had the grades I needed. Plus, I already submitted my college applications.

Of course, that is where all the problems start. As a senior, I should feel privileged and I should not waste any time because of the fact that it is my last year of high school.

However, shirking off your studies is not the best way to deal with the problem either.

Senioritis is all just in your mind. The fact that our minds thought of this, that we actually acknowledge Senioritis, is truly just ridiculous.

As seniors, of course we feel priviledged and that we are already going to be sent off to college, work, or the military soon after our graduation.

However, wasting our time hanging out with our friends is not the smartest thing to do. I could be doing so many other things, like getting a job or volunteering somewhere. In the long run, those two things already pay off way more than hanging out with my friends.

I may sound like I should not be spending time with people that are important to me. In fact, you should not ignore them entirely either. The best thing to do is try to influence everyone around me to become more prepared for the challenges that could actually face us in the real world.

Dealing with something as overinflated as high school drama is important if you want to help people, but sulking around and dragging my negativity with me is not going to help anyone. I have to just suck it up and keep moving forward, no matter how simple or complicated your problem could actually be.

Senior year will fly right by, so make the most of it. Meet new people, help around the community, and keep your grades up! Everything will pay off in the end if you keep the effort up. If you start to slack off now, then how are you supposed to get back up?

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