It is that time of year once

again for all of the seniors to

begin thinking about their

futures and for the dreaded

“senioritis” to kick in. Each

year the seniors begin acting

differently and pushing

school to the back burner.

They stop caring about school work and start

counting down the days until they walk across

that big stage on graduation day. Each and every

one of us knows what I am talking about and this

year things are no different then before. The seniors

begin treating teachers with less respect by

refusing to do school work and skipping classes.

Walking through the halls of PHS you see

them acting careless and becoming more and

more wasteful with their time. The seniors

of PHS are beginning the long spiral down

to graduation day. As the school year comes

to a close it is time for the seniors to make a

change this year and start a new tradition.

Instead of wasting time and pushing school

work aside, work hard to give the teachers and

underclassmen the respect that you never got

from the seniors as graduation neared. As a senior

I know how it feels to shove school aside

and start marking down the days. I know how

hard it is to concentrate on school work when

in just a few months we will be free from school

at last. Everyone loves the thought of freedom,

and we all want to be adults who are independent.

Everything sounds so great, but I have

heard that it isn’t always what it is cracked up

to be, and sometimes you miss the guidance

and rules that your parents once made for you.

So take these thoughts into consideration

next time you are thinking about skipping

a class or worrying about your math homework

“later” because soon there will be no

more time to push things aside and life will

come at us faster than we are ready to handle.