I am now starting a segment in this blog which will be called “A Break”. I call it this because talking about politics can be draining. It is draining to the reader and writer and no one, who is healthy, can be serious all of the time. So, without further adieu, I start the first “break” segment with a discussion of senioritis.
So, what is senioritis?
Is it neither the process of becoming a senior citizen nor being a Mexican Mr. It is rather, the an imaginative ailment that effects students who are about to graduate.
Some may see this as being in one’s own mind and therefore it can be cured through discipline. This is true but this does not mean it does not exist.
Strangely it manifests itself in many form throughout our culture. Take for instance, a boss who is leaving his/her job in a few months. It would be expected that they would be more apathetic towards disciplining the people who work under them.
Another example would be a teacher who is in his/her final semester of teaching. If the students and teacher both know this is their final semester then it is likely that this too can result in apathy in the classroom.
So, maybe it is better understood as almosttotheenditis; one form of this being, senioritis.
Disclaimer: None of this means we students can be more lazy than normal. It simply means that we need to understand what the problem is so that it can be fixed.
p.s. this is my last semester and college never seemed so hard…haha
