Dear Senioritis,

Okay, I give up; you’re real. I will no longer deny that senioritis is now becoming an epidemic. A plague among all classmates with side effects of procrastination and sweatpants (with the occasional if not frequent skip). And with only a few months to go until graduation all seniors are at risk.

It would be great if you could not be as imposing until June, when no effort until graduation is really needed in any class. But this sickness strikes early and causes destruction quickly. We’ve all felt the pressuring fatigue of not wanting to get out of bed or the waiting until the last minute to finish a project that we all of a sudden don’t care too much for. Or the days where you’re not sure if you recognize that weird tenth grader or not, or gamble with how long it may take to get up that flight of stairs another day. Whatever the symptom is there is no easy release from the crashing feeling of “I’m over it” that we seniors express just as much as we check our phones every day.

Now I’m not saying that I want you to go away; I’m just expressing my feelings that one day I may actually want to get up early enough to look decent for school. I may want to finish that scholarship essay or study for the economics test that I know I need to pass to graduate. So if you could kindly not come until my retirement years when I’m already incapacitated enough not to do anything, that would be great.

But thank you Senioritis for making me realize that high school isn’t as intense as it may seem. That Algebra homework sheet will not come back to haunt me in my dreams 30 years from now, but at least I tried. The one basketball game I missed won’t be missed 10 years down the road because there will be other games. There will be other opportunities that are more important and meaningful to me once I graduate. I’ll be going to college and meeting new people and seeing and experiencing different things. I’ll be ready to move on from Senior year.

As I prepare for high school to finally be over I’ll be leaving you behind as well. I refuse to take you, Senioritis, with me.

Sincerely,

A High School Senior