What is senioritis? Senioritis is a problem that affects most High School seniors after having applied and accepted to college. Senioritis not only affects the average senior, but the top of the class seniors as well. In the article Fighting senioritis By Eric Hoover, he states: In a study entitled The Lost Opportunity of Senior Year: Finding a Better Way, released in 2001, the commission found that for many students, that year becomes party-time rather than a time to prepare for one of their most important life transitions. ... Many students reported 'ditching ' senior classes because the atmosphere encouraged them to consider senior year a farewell tour of adolescence and school. The commission also suggested that senioritis may, in fact, …show more content…
Some seniors may argue to not give school work and just let them slack off the last half of the year. That might be great for the seniors for a little bit, But, once the senior gets to college, they might have a hard time getting into the swing of things and might have to take remediation courses that don’t count toward graduation. An internship would be a great way to help. But, some may argue that an internship is just a job that you don’t get paid for. Who wants to go to work and not get …show more content…
But others would rather stay home and do nothing than go to a different country. Whatever it may be, learning is the most important thing. Senioritis is a real problem, it affects many people in many different ways and sometimes they don’t even know that they have senioritis. Senioritis is a real thing and can affect anyone. Senioritis does not only affect the person, but it also affects the quality of a person’s school work and the person 's ability stay on task. Most of all senioritis affects the student 's grades. Hoover has found some words of warning from Smith college. Smith college states: In preparing for your arrival on campus and the rigors of a Smith education, please consider taking steps to regain your academic momentum by creating a reading list within your particular academic area this summer; by availing yourself of summer classes or tutoring opportunities; or by investigating the academic support services at Smith when you arrive. (Hoover 2003, smith
The idea of having to go to school every day for at least twelve years conjures a lot of different emotions – some may be excited about the idea of learning new things and exploring their minds, while others may be exasperated just by imagining the curriculum they must complete during this time span. The term “senioritis” is derived from the feeling of irritability during a student’s last year of high school; this can cause a nosedive in GPA, lack of effort in assignments, and leaves the student with little to no determination to finish the school year. With this said, as years pass through a student’s academic journey, their passion, if there ever was any to begin with, is likely to dwindle down by the time
Senior year is a pivotal point in the lives of so many. It is the last of many “firsts” and the first of many “lasts.” A huge theme in the novel is having to give things up or leave them behind. Lydia deciding to move from Tennessee to New York for college requires her to leave behind her friends (including her new relationship) and family, giving up her car, and giving up the comfort and peace of her small town. If Dill decided to stay in Forrestville and work at Floyd’s, he would have been giving up the possibility of ever amounting to more than his name. By Dill deciding to go to MTSU, he gives up trying to please his parents, he gives up his fear of following in the Early’s footsteps, and he gives up thoughts of surrender or suicide. When Travis decides to finally stand up to his dad he has to leave behind his mom and his own home, but he also gets to leave behind the abuse. The challenges that Lydia, Dill, and Travis face when deciding to move forward with their lives during and after high school are real and relevant to so many young
There are profound effects of ageism that can be harmful to a patient’s overall health. Ageism can cause physicians to consistently treat older patients unequally compared to younger adults. Unequal treatment can be divided into the under-treatment of symptoms and the over-treatment of symptoms. The imbalance in how a physician would treat a geriatric patient is ageist because the older adult is not getting fair treatment in every case. Under-treatment and over-treatment are different; however, they are both equally as harmful to a patients health.
As students near the end of the academic year, they are constantly faced with some of the same choices the generations before them have been presented with too. The biggest question a lot of seniors in high school have to answer is if they are going to be attending college or not. There are a lot of legitimate reasons as to why a person might not attend a college, but I personally feel like everybody should have a higher education if they have the opportunity to do so. One of the biggest reasons that people do not have the opportunity to pursue higher levels of school is the fact that they do not have enough money to pay for it. With the staggering amount of debt, the majority of students incur in college, it is becoming a
“In a study entitled “The Lost Opportunity of Senior Year: Finding a Better Way," released in 2001, the commission found that for many students, that year "becomes party-time rather than a time to prepare for one of their most important life transitions. ... Many students reported 'ditching ' senior classes because the atmosphere encouraged them to consider senior year a farewell tour of adolescence and school." The commission also suggested that senioritis may, in fact, be most pervasive among the "best and the
Walter Kirn successfully unearths some of the worst aspects of senior year. However, these reasonings are not sound enough to condone the discontinuation of it. Any issues found are the fault of the student or the school administration, not the grade level itself. Senior year is worth holding on to for both the persistence of learning and for solidifying relationships. Kirn mentions with pleasure his choice to leave high school early. Nonetheless the four year high school experience should not be demoralized by those who wish to value it for the irreplaceable opportunity it is.
In addition to gaining a great deal of creditability from doing the Senior Project, or also referred to as the Culminating Project, students also gain something even more valuable than praise from accomplishing an obscure assignment, a diploma. Yes, the Senior Project, of all things, is required to graduate high school, it’s no wonder seniors get senioritis, and desire to extract as soon as possible. Now, these aren’t all the exact reasons as to why it is required of by each individual, because there are many reasons as to why it is necessary and how it will be more beneficial than tedious, at least to some people, namely school boards or any other administrators of education. Their motives are so that the student may further prepare himself or herself for college or careers. This opinion may be true, that it indeed does prepare some students for their futures, but that doesn’t guarantee that it will prepare all students for what will come after high school. All it can provide is the basics that administrators find essential. Sure the topic is open as to what can be chosen to present on, but within that freedom are regulations.
Most of undergraduate or high school student graduate lacked is experience. Experience in the field or life experience is both require having a successful career. To become a competitive candidate employee, student should take time to gain experience. There is no better way to do it but taking a gap year. Gap year offers a sufficient time for student to earn both experiences that needed. Gaining experience from the real life setting is a break from traditional education. According to gooversea.com, many people who enter college straight from high school regret their choices with the first two years. Also, students have a choice to where their want to gain experience. It could be through humanitarian volunteer or shadowing doctor in a medical camp in Peru. All thighs are possible through gap year. Moreover, students can earn experience and money at the same time. The wages save up from working is put toward future endeavors such as education. By doing internship related to career path, students gain valuable experience and a chance to network with expert in the industry. Which, it is likely to benefit their career in the future. Additional to gain experience is meeting new people. It is impossible not to make a new friend through out the year. Entering college right away may surround student with the same folk. However, gap year allows student to discovered other and interact with people from all over the
According to DeBrew, author of “Can being ageist harm your older adult patients?” stereotypes and discrimination are evident in various aspects of patient care. “Ageism [is] defined as stereotyping or discrimination aimed at older adults and a lack of knowledge about normal changes of aging and presentation of illness in older adults (. . .)” (DeBrew, 2015). DeBrew (2015) states, “research findings suggest that ageism is common in healthcare” (DeBrew, 2015). Ageism is not only an issue in the healthcare setting, but also among older adults as well as their families. When ageism is present in the healthcare setting it poses
First of all, many high school graduates cannot handle college. Isabel V. Sawhill and Stephanie Owen describe college as a place, “one can obtain a traditional four-year bachelor’s degree”. The work load outside of the classroom could be compared to working a full time job. For example, if a student is enrolled in four college courses and is in class a minimum of four hours the student should spend at least four to six hours of studying. This may be extremely agitating and stressful to a student that is not good at studying. The new college student may realize that the schoolwork is too much for him to handle and instead drop out. In Pharinet’s blog post, Is College for Everyone? He states that “…it is estimated that in the U.S., approximately 50% of students who begin college never graduate. There exist students who are not yet ready for the academic and financial challenges of college. There exist students who do not have the desire for college or learning.” This statement is important because if 50% of students that begin college never gradua...
Why do male seniors have a bad reputation and where did it come from? Well, to begin these stereotypes, mainly come from movies based on high schools. A typical male high school senior is a varsity athlete who has a girlfriend and a nice car. You can see an example of this stereotype in the movie “The Goonies”. In this movie one of the characters named “Brand” is a high school student who is devoted to working out and trying to win over his crush. So, this leads to just about everyone having that picture of a high school senior in their heads. Another reason seniors have this bad reputation is solely because former students reflect when they were seniors and add to this stereotypes. For example, they say phrases such as “I remember high school parties when I would get wasted with all my friends” or “I never did any work because it was senior and all I had to was pass”. This quote just mentioned is a prime example of how a mediocre male senior thinks. Also, it shows it give a different personality. The last reason male seniors have a bad reputation is simply because underclassmen see these types of students and can all make a generalization about them. So, there are a variety of reasons why this stereotypes and misconceptions are put upon male seniors. There is also a group of people who think seniors just walked into a never ending stereotype. While others just simply just do not believe anything and go off their personal
As freshman, we came home from school with the mentality that we were no longer children, but rather had entered into a new stage of life. Everything seemed different and new; we weren’t the big kids on campus anymore. We no longer were the persons being looked up to, but rather were the persons looking up to an entire school of older students. We remember joining our firsts clubs, going to dances, and having Orientation days.
High School is a hierarchy. The ‘seniority card’ gets pulled on a daily basis for even the most trivial of reasons. Putting aside the concept of cliques, the mere structure of age differences causes shrimpy 14 year olds to quake in their neutral-colored dress shoes as they walk down the hallways and bruting 18 year olds to absorb more power and influence than one even thought possible. While this is the case in all public schools and should be the case at Grapevine Faith Christian Schools, it is not. Holding that GFCS seniors have been trained to be Authentic Christian Leaders, they know better than to uselessly downgrade underclassmen; oftentimes building strong and healthy friendships with the freshmen and sophomores. While this strong bond between classes is irreplaceable, there is some importance in teaching underclassmen this lesson of knowing their place in the school. Without learning this lesson, young students that just got their license pull up to school the next day and park in a senior’s assigned spot because it is grey and not painted like all of the others-- and this is bound to rub a senior the wrong way when they pull up to school at 8:13 a.m., like everyone
So, with that in mind, find a compelling reason to make your learning journey in a foreign country worthwhile.
My senior year of high school…I want to enjoy people’s company, appreciate my family’s presence, and keep a permanent Polaroid of my “home town” etched in my memory. I have a purpose for the year, I know what I want to accomplish for the future, but I have to remember to make the most out of today because there may not always be a tomorrow.