Staff Writer
Like
many high school seniors I wake up as late as possible, shower, then drive to
school as a surrogate corpse whose sole function is to attend school. Because
of exemptions, most seniors do show up every day, but their efforts aren't always exemplary. We're coming to the end of a very long tunnel, it can be hard
to care. Unfortunately for those who cannot find the motivation to cure their
apathy, their chance of graduation might be at risk. Here are some things that
might help:
1.
Make
a goal
If
you have a reason to go to school then you will. Pick an applicable goal of your
knowledge, find a way to make sure that the classes you are taking now will
help you in the future. Maybe if civics taught me how to file a tax return, I
might have actually shown up.
2.
Feel
empowered
I
feel that one of the main reasons for not attending or slacking in school is
because it makes the student feel empowered. It’s senior year, you’re probably
18 and you still have to ask to go to the bathroom? It’s insulting, I know. So
for your senior year, try to do tasks not because the teacher told you, but
because you chose to do so.
3.
Make
friends
Not
to say that you don’t already have friends, but you won’t attend class if you
won’t have fun going. Find people in the class that you enjoy talking to, it
might help motivate you to actually go to class.
4.
Grow
up
Not
going to school will only hurt you. Life is full of unappealing obligations,
but not going isn’t going to prove how ready you are for life outside of high school.
It will only show that you aren’t ready for the day-to-day tasks of adulthood.
High
school is tedious, but nobody’s proving anything by not graduating or getting
rejected by a formerly accepting college.
I’m not asking you to get straight A’s, but all that needs to be done is
to go to class. If you go to class you will pass and graduate and that’s all
you need. So wake up, put clothes on and show up. Fortunately, you will pass
most of your classes if you just show up and pay attention.
