Senioritis...
I am a school enthusiast, at least I had been & well, I guess I still am somewhere deep inside, but it's hard to tell & anyway I didn't think senioritis would be an issue for me. I was going to say yea to school until the end, but I am honestly sick of it, and just waiting for that moment on June 14th at around 3 o'clock when I get to walk away with a diploma, or the blank piece of paper with the promise of a diploma the next day.
*sigh* Why do we get tired of school? I don't know. I mean, it's been pounded into our heads that we need to keep up our steam all the way through high school, because colleges will keep up with our grades, but & *sigh* & we've been working in school for 13 years, and the finish line is sooooooo close. I know lots of kids who let their grades go to the way side because they think they're done. But ahhhh -- to graduate &
It's like dangling a yummy ice cream cone in front of someone's face in the middle of July.
It's like when Mom says, "Oh, we aren't going to Disneyland today, after all. We're going next month."
It's like writer's block. You don't expect it to come, especially if you are enthusiastic about writing, but when it comes, it sticks. You get bouts of energy now and then, but when it really comes down to it, you find yourself trudging to the end.
The prospect of the gold in the leprechaun's pot is just so tantalizing that we are too impatient to make the complete trip over the rainbow.
The reason for this illness is hard to pinpoint, especially in my mind when I myself am suffering from severe bouts of it right now. I guess we all want to grow up a little bit, which is natural. Graduation from high school is one of the first, most important symbols of one's coming of age. Knowing it's so close is exciting, but then again, it's a little bit depressing & In four months, we don't get to be kids anymore. I can actually be scheduled for overtime at the Magic Kingdom where I work.
Like every other inexplicable teenage conundrum, this problem runs deep and is complicated and must run it's course. That's not to say slacking off should be permitted. By all means, a student should still be expected to continue his/her work etc. it's just far more painful now than it ever has been.
That's all. Now, excuse me while I trudge through my physics homework. :)
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