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A Cure? Anyone?
So I’ve been doing a lot of online research trying to figure out how to cure Senioritis. Apparently there is an actual definition for this disease.
Senioritis (n.) – A less than moderate interest in school-related activities, especially academics that students usually acquire around the last semester of their senior year; symptoms include having a reduced attention to studies and extracurricular activities, making up excuses not to attend classes, sleeping during class and suffering from a severe fixation on partying.
Having fell victim to this illness myself, I have strong motivation to find a cure. I’ve browsed the sites, found very similar attempts and jabs at theories to help pull seniors away from this highly contagious disease but NONE of them give solutions that seniors will actually follow through with. I am living evidence of this. The suggestions were all identical (it was almost like they were plagiarizing and no one could come up with a fresh idea). These lame suggestions went something like this:
I’ve Been Diagnosed: Senioritis
Much like arthritis, senioritis prevents an individual from doing physical tasks such as using a pencil, pen, or keyboard. It also prevents the infected from doing physical labor, like carrying a bag, driving a vehicle (to your classes) and sitting for long periods of time listening to a professor drone on.
Okay so maybe it isn’t exactly like arthritis and it typically affects seniors in college and in high school, rather than the elderly, but it can still be considered a disease in its own right.
I have been in denial that I’ve been infected by this bizarre psychological disease, having gone through it in high school and being fully aware of the symptoms.
This is one of the most dangerous illnesses seniors may encounter. You may not believe it’s truly that bad, but the truth is quite the opposite.
Senioritis prevents its victims from punching through those last few weeks that may be crucial whether soon-to-be-graduates believe it or not. The last thing a senior needs is a letter stating they failed to meet the requirements from university standards to graduate because they strayed away from their hard-earned path of academia.
Do not let this disease impede on the day you’ve been waiting for your whole life; Graduation Day.
Here are some common symptoms that come with this academically killing disease:
