Serious Senioritis

High school students may not be the only one to blame for senioritis. The lack of work done for high school seniors is at a 65 percent, that is a high percentage just for high school seniors not to be doing their work and just slacking off (ACF). The issue about seniors in their mentality is that when graduation comes near, most seniors attention span and grades tend to slowly drop and at the end they find out there not graduating. A lot of teachers as well as parents are concerned about their students and children about not graduating on time and just partying instead of not concentrating on their studies more (ACF). There is a widespread across the Department of Education called "senior slump," which is basically how many seniors are not graduating on time and dropping out of school. The Department of Education launched a comission last year of finding ways to prevent senior slump (ACF). The Commission on the High School Senior Year says that the high school senior year is often "a lost opportunity during which time many students let one-quarter of their high school learning time slip through their fingers" (AFC). Many seniors dont realize the certain opportunities they have in front of them until there gone. I feel that many student seniors dont have the obligation to know what their priorities are and tend to forget what really matters in their high school education. Graduating should be their number one priority in high school and that means attending all classes and doing all their assignments in on time. Many seniors have the ability to work, but tend to put school off due to outside life issues, such as parenting problems, friend issues, work issues, and more (AFC). The reason for this outcomes to be happening so much to seniors is because its what anyone would call an "emotional rollercoaster" (AFC). Many high school students, especailly seniors dont know how to deal with certain issues and let it build up for so long then finally take it out on school. Their mentality is just to forget about going to school and doing work because at the end, they feel that they will be graduating with a cap and gown, along with a diploma in their hand (AFC). When in reality, its the total opposite. I feel that high school students not just seniors should all have support from themselves in case their not getting any from anyone else. Believing in yourself and trying your best will always help, because at the end, you have no one else to blame but yourself. For more information about senioritis you can contact this website: http://www.acfnewsource.org/education/senioritis.html