I'm beginning to feel the beginning stages of senior slump. It's almost the fourth quarter of my last year in high school and the main thing on my mind is graduation. I am procrastinating way more often than I did last semester, and I definitely feel lazier. I feel like I'm still putting in a lot of effort into my schoolwork, just not as much as I did last semester. Last semester I tried incredibly hard on my school work. Almost every night I would go to Barne's and Noble to do my homework/study for tests. I can never fully concentrate on my school work when I'm at home because there are way too many distractions at home that get me to lose my attention on my homework. But this semester, I haven't been to Barne's and Noble once to do my school work. I do all my homework at home now and indeed I find myself giving in to all of the distractions I have here at home. I live in my grandparent's house with six other family members, so the house is very chaotic and noisy most of the time. Even if I shut my room door and play music in my room, I can still hear what's going on outside of my room.
Anyway, this semester I'm finding it very hard to concentrate on my school work. It's not that I don't care about my schoolwork, but more like my mind-set is already on being in college and trying to make a college decision, etc. The days of high school left are dwindling ever so quickly, and so it's difficult not to be thinking about graduating. But for now, I'm just trying to survive every day of school and trying to try hard in school. As much as I want to graduate from my school with a decent gpa, it's so incredibly difficult to try really really really hard this semester knowing that the grades we receive don't matter much. Many fellow seniors I know feel the same way about second semester grades, and many find it hard to do concentrate on school work. For most seniors that I know, senior slump had hit them as soon as the third quarter started. But now that the third quarter is near to ending, and the fourth quarter is getting ready to begin, senior slump has officially hit me.
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You know, I kind of feel the same way, but probably not as bad as you because I'm only a junior, so I don't have college to think about yet. I can't believe you actually went to Barnes and Nobles to study!! I should try that, because I hardly get any work done when I'm at home, unless my family is asleep. I don't what it is about them being asleep, but that's the only time I can concentrate, so I end up doing homework from like 10-12 or 1 in the morning. Not the best time schedule, but hey, what can I do? I hope that you find a way to concentrate, but I understand that it's hard. And I'm sure I'm not the first person to say that to you, because pretty much every Punahou student (that I know) has a similar problem with focusing in second semester, especially seniors. :)
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