A dull concrete parking garage known as school filled with towering shadows of seniors with vicious looks on their faces as they scheme for ways to taunt their next “two feet tall” victims known as “fish” seems to be every freshmen’s vision of their first day of high school here at Bowie.
But maybe just one day couldn’t hurt since seniors are never seen again after the first day right?
Seniors are constantly stereotyped as huge blockades that stand in front of the academic building on the first day of school to taunt and humiliate incoming freshmen. As well as never attending school and simply just not caring about our classes in general anymore. Well I don’t believe that’s exactly accurate.
Let’s start with the first day of school scenario.
As seniors, we are just pumped up to represent our graduating class and prove whose “top dog” to the younger classmen. It’s not about “hazing” or hurting the freshmen in any way at all.
In fact, it’s just a tradition at our school for seniors to hand out fish necklaces, spray silly string and yell out our year for everyone to and hear to recognize us.
I feel that freshmen should not take anything the seniors do personally because one day they are going to be in our shoes and want to do the same thing.
I know our school is really strict about having silly string or anything to spray freshmen with but I feel that as long as it’s not harmful to anyone it should not be confiscated or taken so seriously.
To me, the first day of school for seniors is just a big celebration where everyone comes together to kick off the last beginning of our year together and show off an enormous amount of school spirit. And the school spirit doesn’t stop there, every football game our student section is filled with seniors ready to support and encourage our team and I know we are the loudest and rowdiest group there.
I think it all just goes along with savoring every minute of our last football games as we come and make the most out of it because we won’t be able to come together and do this again.
Now onto thinking senior year is a blow off year where seniors don’t care about school and stop coming. Right now with it being first semester, I don’t know one senior who isn’t stressed about something. Whether it’s about college applications, college essays, core and elective classes, school schedules etc… it’s still stressful for seniors right now and although we’re all ready to give up its not really an option right now.
Now, don’t get me wrong as soon as college applications/essays are completed, late night, last minute study sessions for finals are through, winter break rounding the corner and second semester arrives I know seniors will let go more and relax the rest of the year; and yeah the senior attendance will slowly diminish as the end approaches for us. But can you blame us?
In conclusion, I don’t think anyone actually realizes how quickly high school flies by until they’re a senior. Being a senior makes you want to enjoy every second of high school, (although we say we’re ready to move on), because you know the end is near and will be here before you know it.
It seems like the older you get the more school spirit you gain and togetherness you develop as a class because of the realization that this chapter in our lives is coming to an end and a new chapter is about to begin.