As the end of the first semester comes to a close, many things are beginning to settle upon the Lower Dauphin senior class: college decisions, plans for end-of-year activities, and senioritis.
Senioritis, which can be defined as the tendency for senior students to lose motivation to work towards the end of the year, affects every student differently.
“My senioritis started after the football season ended,” says Isaac Landis. “I just started feeling like I didn’t need to be in school anymore.”
Many other student athletes would attribute their performance decline to the end of fall sports. For most, however, the halt in effort starts at the beginning of the second semester, when most colleges and other post-secondary institutions stop requiring high school transcripts.
Teachers have their own opinions to share on the timing of the subject, as they see certain patterns with their students. Mr. Bray, a physics teacher who sees a large percentage of each year’s senior class, finds that every student has a different experience.
“For some kids, it literally starts at the beginning of the year. For others, I’d say about the beginning of the third marking period. Kids start to fall off the wagon.”
Mr. Bray and other teachers note that at this time in the year they have kids in varying positions, from those who have not let their grades slip a percentage point to those who stopped turning in their homework months ago.
Regardless of when senioritis creeps in, it is apparent that the graduating classes from year to year remain happy and successful through commencement and beyond.
