Senior year: the best part of high school. You're almost done, or are you? High school is prep for the rest of your life, and is supposed to be the easiest time of your life. This is a list of six things I wish I knew my senior year or when I graduated. Life would be much different if I knew then what I know now.
1. Senior-itis is real.
No explanation needed -- it's just the truth. I went through high school poking fun at the seniors. Senior-itis was glorified laziness; there is no way that could happen to a certain sect of the population at the same time. It was just an excuse they used to cover up their laziness. Was I wrong! I walked into senior year ready to beat the plague that comes with being a senior and was infected the exact same day. I had to do the unthinkable: work my senior year. It is real, ladies and gents, don't let it hit you.
2. Don't underestimate the FAFSA application.
On Jan. 1, 2015, I stood in front of my computer ready to do my FAFSA. I stared at the screen blankly hoping it would give further instructions. I was stuck and confused. After a mini tantrum and asking others for help I finally got it and finished my FAFSA. I was thrilled! Months passed and I waited for my aid letter. The day finally came and I couldn't wait to cry tears of joy while I read the aid I would receive. Instead I cried tears of sadness when it was zero dollars. I couldn't believe I'd wasted five hours for nothing.
3. Teachers don't stop teaching.
I've always heard rumors that senior year is the year, the year everything changes. The year you have fun. The year you do the smallest amount of work. Oh, how wrong they were. I walked into my classes expecting very chill teachers, but what I got was something different entirely. Work, cry, work and repeat cycle. Senior year was not what I expected it to be.
4.Prom is too short and expensive.
Prom! I loved it, but it was way too short. A girl spends hundreds of dollars for three hours. I think someone is being jipped here. We pay for a ticket, we pay for a dress, we pay for make up, we get food and music for three hours. Something is not adding up...
5. Graduation...
You don’t automatically grow up and know everything after graduating. You are lost afterwards, standing on the turf looking around and knowing that after you leave campus everything has changed.
6. You’ll miss it.
You won’t miss it the day after or the month after, but maybe you will a year after. Everything changes the minute you leave your high school, no matter how much you try to keep it the same. Everything changes and you’ll miss the normalcy of high school, the teachers and your friends. You’ll miss it; I sure do.
Life after high school isn't always what it is cracked up to be.
