My Last First Quarter

Senior year is no joke. There is no "senioritis." My classes are not fluff classes and it is not easier than junior year. I have heard all these myths since day 1 of freshman year. On the surface I wanted to believe them, but deep down I always knew the truth. My classes are some of the hardest I have ever taken. I am managing to keep my grades where they should be but it requires a lot more effort now than it always has in the past. Applying to colleges is a full-time job. The essays I have to write alone are more than I have to write in an entire year in some of my regular classes. Up to this point I have been able to feed my procrastinating habit with little to know repercussions, but this can continue no longer. From here my classes are not going to get any easier, the application deadlines are not going to get farther away, and these essays are not going to write themselves. Through the first quarter I have been able to coast through without too much effort, but from here on out and for the rest of my life I know that it will not cut it. I need to step up my game and concentration in order to get into the schools I want to, the schools I know I am capable of if I put in the necessary effort. There has been no time for a social life this quarter and that is not going to change any time soon. In senior year, the work gets harder and the stakes get higher because the price for slacking off is your entire future. This is my last first quarter of high school, but I am not nostalgic, I am glad to see it go.