With the school year coming to a close, seniors are beginning to celebrate as the pressures of school come to an end. There are some, however, who are not celebrating. As teachers usually see around this time of year, students are beginning to scramble to raise their grades and GPA.

What can be done though? If a student hasn’t been doing well all year, then he has dug himself into a ditch that he may find it hard to dig himself out of. "I’ve been slacking all year getting almost straight F’s, and it’s really going to kill me next year," said a senior who at wished to be anonymous. "I have no clue what I’m going to do. My options are pretty much get straight A’s at the end of this quarter to round out everything or maybe take some classes online over the summer. And that’s just so I can graduate with my class."

Many students seem to be taking that exact route. The appeal of online classes is the ease with which they can be completed. They are too great an opportunity to pass up for many who have no other way to succeed.

Another way to get by these problems is to make up the classes at night school. "I’ve pretty much failed Spanish for this year," said a senior. "I’m probably going to make it up at night school or something. I’m not really too sure yet." The only problem with this, however, is that the student has to sacrifice his time for the classes.

However unfortunate it may be, teachers are often helpless to save these students. "I know the feeling of panic," said history teacher Travis Lombard. "Nobody wants their student to fail. I give them alternative assignments to help dig them out of that hole. I don’t give up on them, so they don’t give up on themselves. I don’t want to just write them off as a bad kid. They have to work for it though,"added Mr. Lombard .

Though teachers want to see the students succeed, they are also not responsible for the students’ failure.

"I can’t help the kids if they don’t want to help themselves," added Lombard. "It’s all on them."