Sunday, August 10, 2014

Diagnosis: Senioritis

I think I've know for awhile now, but it's official. I have a severe case of Senioritis. And my senior year hasn't even started yet. Help.
Don't know what Senioritis is? Well, I am here to raise awareness for this horrific affliction.
Senioritis (n.) The feeling or phenomenon when students procrastinate often and hold little conviction for finishing schoolwork or attending class. So named because it tends to affect seniors because they are being accepted into college and no longer see the point.
Symptoms:
Netflix binging
Excessive sleeping
Fatigue
Procrastination
Chronic unenthusiasm

I have several theories about Senioritis. First of all, it will affect 100% of seniors at some point in their life. Some may have aggressive cases like me or some may be fortunate enough to have the mental immunity to bring this heinous disease down to something akin to to the common procrastination cold. But everyone will get it. Everyone will think for at least a month or two that the new episode of Game of Thrones or The Voice is vastly more important than the assignment due tomorrow or the exam coming up. Everyone will think at least once about the pointlessness or uselessness of a certain assignment or assignments. It's inevitable. Nothing is certain except death and procrastination.
My second theory is that International Baccalaureate is the leading cause of premature Senioritis. I've seen Senioritis symptoms in my classmates as early as sophomore year, and I assume that is because we take senior level courses during our sophomore year.

Why am I just now being diagnosed? Because I had one job to do this weekend. Do SOME kind of summer work so I don't have to do it after a full day of band camp this week or cram it all into next weekend. But did I do that? No. I watched the kick off of Shark Week and went to Chik-Fil-A. Did I have plenty of time to do it? Yes. Did I make excuses so I could put it off further? Yes. The only real work I did was play some of my marching show music but that only happened because our woodwind technician messaged me about having my music all memorized. Usually I can get at least one thing done in a 48 period of nothingness. But not this time. This was my final warning sign. I am living with Senioritis. This should make things a little bit difficult. Great.

Have an excellent August 10th (for the next hour or so),
Colleen

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