Summeritis

I don't have many Seniors in my classes this semester but the ones I do teach have all come down with extreme cases of Senioritis. This, however, is to be expected. Who hasn't had this before? Many of us have and we all survived relatively unscathed. I contracted the dreaded illness very early on in my senior year of high school and while it didn't affect my academic life, it did significanly influence my every day appearance.

My senior year consisted of rolling out of bed, taking a quick shower (I am unable to start a day without a shower), throwing my wet hair up in an unattractive bun-thingy, sliding into my favorite sweatpants, and heading off to face the day looking pretty disheveled (to put it nicely). I also quit extracurriculars I was involved in and focused only on school, job, and best friends. School social activities/extracurriculars? Forget about it. I was so ready to be out of there. In retrospect though I only caught a minor case of the disease - I still liked the school part of school - just not the social part.

I have discovered an even more threatening disease though. It's called Summeritis. Summeritis has overtaken my school in recent weeks and is spreading like the Black Plague - highly contagious, knocking out about half the student population. Summeritis shows no mercy for anybody, grade level doesn't matter. Yes, it targets Seniors (simply adding to the sickness) but preys on Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen.

Symptoms:

Restlessness
Inability to focus
Procrastination
Day-dreaming
Crankiness

Oh yeah - teachers fall victim to it as well.

And i'll admit it...

I've caught Summeritis.

Pray for me