Kristeen’s Khaos

So is it just me or is every person’s senior year, particularly the last quarter or semester, a time of reduced effort and/or concentration?  Some might call it laziness but I’d call it a case of senioritis.  No matter how you name it, I think it’s a real problematic issue as it definitely is for me.  I find myself in my last quarter struggling to find a strong sense of motivation to study, especially in the manner that I am used to…type A, anal retentive, perfectionist, etc.  I also vaguely remember this occurring during my senior year in high school.  Actually, I know it did because I went from being an honor roll student to getting my first D ever in my life and at least a couple of Cs too…although this may have something to do with the fact that my parents got divorced the summer of my senior year but that’s an entirely other issue…maybe a good subject for my next blog. 

However, despite the senioritis that occurred during my senior year in high school, this time I can’t blame that lack of motivation on any thing or anyone other than myself.  This latest time I’ve returned to college I’ve been highly motivated and have pushed myself to really do well and it’s paid off because I’ve maintained a 4.0 gpa every quarter since my return.  Part of that motivation is that I wanted to raise my overall gpa and attempt to graduate with a 3.9 overall gpa so I could get the highest honors when I graduate but then I found out that I’d be graduating sooner than I thought (definitely a good thing) so that 3.9 gpa was out of my reach no matter how hard I tried.  Perhaps even the 3.8 is out of my reach even if I got all A’s this quarter but I can’t screw up graduating with honors, a 3.5 overall gpa, as long as I pass all of my classes this quarter so my attitude about school is laissez faire (did I spell that right?).  But I guess maybe that’s how it should be your last quarter of college.