When younger, you’re always told to look forward to the day you make it to being a senior in high school. You’ve been through so much. Putting up with all the work thrown at you during school, extracurricular activities, maintaining your grades, dealing with all the drama while still trying to find yourself, but now you’ve finally made it.
My experience so far isn’t what I fully expected it to be and, when I say that, I mean how high school is described as this wonderful place where you’re going to have so many friends, and you’re going to keep friends the whole way through. I quickly realized that wasn’t right.
Just because you’re willing to do something for someone else doesn’t mean they are going to do it for you. People don’t always “treat you the way they want to be treated” as the saying is. For the most part though, I expected the ups and downs I’ve been faced with; when it came to work, I expected it to be harder for me and different.
Senioritis has definitely hit me hard. In a way, I feel like I’ve always had it, but since it’s the last month of school basically it just feels like it’s over and I’m done.
Although I’m not done, it just feels pointless in a way if that makes sense.
Senior year has always been described to me as going to be a breeze, just fun and games, and not really doing much just enjoying your last year of high school. Boy, were they wrong! Senior year is very stressful!!!!
For example, right now I’m very stressed out because of my attendance, prom, senior fees, activities, on top of work, on top of just everyday life problems and/or issues. It’s just a lot to handle literally every time you turn around there is something new you need to complete and/or pay.
You can’t catch a break (except for senior ditch week which was definitely fun. I’m glad everyone came together for the most part).
One of the most expensive things thus far is definitely prom for me personally. My dress alone is A LOT OF MONEY I’ll just say that. Decorations, venue, customized treats and table, food, drinks, all the different visuals we want to have. Overall, it’s just very expensive and yea you don’t HAVE to go that big and spend so much, but it’s like it’s your second to last big hoorah before you’re no longer in high school, before adulthood starts, before your life changes for the better or maybe worse who knows.
I just always remember – before light there is always a storm.I try not to let the stress get to me and be a better person.
