Senoritis Alert

This senioritis is killing me!

I've been having the hardest time concentrating in class and I have yet to do any real classwork.

I find myself in class struggling to pay attention because I'm always thinking of something else I would rather be doing than reading and listening in a room with small windows and a chalkboard.

I don't know what is wrong with me. I'm normally an extremely organized and reliable student who enjoys the challenges college brings me, but this semester, it's been entirely too tough for me to hang in there.

The worst part is that I have four classes, two of which are with teachers I've had previously and I attend school only two days a week. So the question "what's my excuse?" comes up all of the time.

My friends have expressed the same issues with me and it's actually pretty scary. We all keep saying we're ready to explore life and move on to the next level, yet we're barely listening in class or even motivated to attend.

I really do need help from someone. What could I possibly do to get out of this funk that I am digging myself into deeper and deeper every day?

I tried to lock myself in my apartment for a couple days and take some "personal days" to gather my thoughts and refocus but I found myself either sleepy or hungry, so that proved to be very unproductive.

Then I attempted to leave the house, and sit in my office to study and break away from the distractions in my room, but once again, I veered away and chose to roam the MSC and look for people to talk to.

So once again, I need help from somebody! I really need to buckle down and finish this step of my life that I am currently in so that I can move forward.

Fellow seniors, whether graduating in May, August, or December what do we do? I know you guys are experiencing similar feelings to mine right now. I see all of you out and about as well, and I know you're not being as studious as you may have been in the past.

This is one of the most important moments in our lives right now, so it would be a tragedy to mess it up now. Let's help each other make sure we walk that stage in the Baby Dome.

Whitney Harris