Dear High School Senior with Senioritis,
The end is slowly approaching. It is March and soon your high school career and senior year will be over. You have most likely chosen your college, bought the t-shirt and plastered the news all over Facebook for your family and friends to see.
Your current teachers have probably warned you that in college "this isn't going to fly." But you don't care because you are so excited to get out of the prison we call high school and learn for yourself. As a freshman in college, I've been in your shoes and I've experienced the "end."
You're probably reading this right now, lying in your bed, at your best friends house or getting ready to go do something that will be your "last" of high school.
There are many amazing things about college and I know you can't wait to experience them, but trust me you CAN. They will come much faster than you think. Those crazy nights out, skipping class to watch Netflix, not having to let your parents know where you are... They can wait.
I was the typical high school senior, I committed to my school in January and I couldn't wait to graduate. I don't regret being so ready for college, I knew I was ready for a change. But I do regret mentally checking out of high school so early in the game.
Right now, you're dreading the idea of your 6 a.m. alarm going off tomorrow morning and shuffling from class to class like herds of cattle. Trust me, I get it. But soon enough you'll be attending your last prom, pep rally and scoring your last goal out on that field you've called home for four years. Just as it ends, you're going to stop, look around and say "how did it all get here so fast?"
They say if you miss high school that's when you peaked, but that is so not true. I absolutely love college but sometimes I catch myself missing the simpler times. I can't believe I wished my senior year away. Appreciate the moments at home, with your friends, and the free textbooks of course. Hug your family extra and don't forget to love your friends. Soon you'll walk across the stage, your five seconds of fame, after 13 years of hard work, its all over.
You'll pack up, hug everybody goodbye and cram all of your stuff into half of a room. You'll miss your bed, your pets and it's OK that you'll miss your mom too. As a second-semester college freshman, I can tell you I hated when people would tell me this but you need to hear it; you're gonna miss this. I didn't believe anybody. I would have graduated in October of my senior year if they would have let me. From my last first day to my very last day, I had no desire to to spend any more time in school than I had to. I wouldn't want anybody else to make the same mistake. Soak it all in. I'm not saying college won't be awesome because it will be. But nothing can replace home and your last year of high school.
Sincerely yours,
The girl that didn't listen when they warned her.
