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OPINION
Senioritis isn’t Real, You’re Just
LAZY
Written by Jamil Gastelum All these new classes with new assignments and new teachers are making you feel like there really is some illness within you, but you’ve been doing this since the start of your schooling! And every single year you’ve found something to complain about.
“ Are you feeling lazy? Are you tired of working so hard? Are you ready to just be done with school? And most importantly, are you a senior? To some, these symptoms constitute a diagnosis of senioritis. Not to fret my fellow seniors, senioritis is a myth created by lazy babies.
The real problem is that you’re just lazy. It might come as a shock and don’t worry, I understand. Coming to terms with this is difficult, but it’s safe to say that most of you will be too dull to argue with this article anyways. The real epidemic originates from the people that (quite obnoxiously) make the claim that, “Wow, I’m only a sophomore and I already have senioritis!” Some of those kids are still claiming they have senioritis, but the only difference now is that they’re actually seniors! Now, it doesn’t take an expert on this false “illness” to understand that if you’ve been claiming to have senioritis since long before senior year, there must be another problem at hand. Could it be that there’s something in the air? No, that doesn’t make sense. Could it be that we’re living in a simulation and all seniors are being experimented on? It could be if any of you were interesting enough to be experimented on. Ladies and gentlemen, the verdict is in and it’s not senioritis, you’re just lackadaisical! If you couldn’t bother to look up that word, it’s just another fancy way of calling you lazy.
It’s time to stop believing that we have senioritis when in reality we’re just lazy kids.
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“It’s just too hard.” “It’s too much work.” “Why do we have so much homework?” These are claims that you’ve been making for years. So why is it any different as a senior? You’re still just as lazy as ever, you just use the idea that you’re graduating to amplify this lethargic feeling. Now I’m not saying I’m perfect. I’m just as lazy as the rest of you. But it’s time to stop believing that we have senioritis when in reality we’re just lazy kids. Truthfully, a good chunk of seniors plan to attend college. With that knowledge in mind, a new question must be asked. What does it even mean to have senioritis, if you know that school has not ended for you? For those pursuing a bachelor’s degree, you do know that there’s potentially four more years of school for you right? Maybe the real “illness” part of senioritis is not the obnoxious laziness that a student has in high school. Instead, what makes it so harmful is the fact that senioritis may damage principles such as hard work and independence in the future.
