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Find Out What It’s Really Like To Be A Senior

      Counting down the days to graduation is the longest countdown of a senior’s life. Every minute seems like an hour, every hour seems like a day, every day seems like a week, every week seems like a month, and ever month feels like a year. For seniors every grade counts and any mistake could cost them the stage. Senior year is the most tedious year of all, or is it?

     Some underclassmen are lead to believe that their last year of high school is the most difficult. For some points, this is true, but for the most part being a senior is the most enjoyable year of high school. 

      “I don’t think senior year is the hardest year, because being a senior is like being in any other grade. The only difference is that you’re getting out of school,” Mimi Pham, senior, said.

     There are many perks to being a senior. They get recognized and at times receive special treatments like getting a half day of school for passing TAKS and not having to go to school the last week for classes. It is also great to have all the friends accumulated over the years and know your campus like a home.

    “The best part about being a senior, for me, is that I know a lot of people and I know the campus, so I never worry about getting lost and not knowing anyone,” Brandon Perez, senior, said.

     Many students are advised to plan out their senior year and prepare years in advance. This is a good strategy, because no one can ever be too prepared for something. Though this is great for most students, it is easier for others to just go with the flow of things due to the natural fact that some things do not always go the way they are planned. 

    “I didn’t plan out my senior year. I just kind of went with the flow of it,” Jesse Rodriguez, senior, said.

     It has always been the tradition that the seniors are suppose to humiliate and torment the underclassmen, but the tradition seems to have faded through the years, at least at Roosevelt. Seniors are lending more of a hand to the underclassmen and helping through school. Seniors are offering more advice and wisdom in hopes that the younger generation will have a great last year of school.

     “My advice would be to keep up your grades because if you don’t pass you don’t graduate,” Ana Gonzalez, senior, said.

     It is easy to see that being a senior is the best year of all. There is so much to look forward to, and so much excitement and activities it is hard not to enjoy everything. Yes, there are some important and crucial things and sometimes things can become hectic but at the end of the day students still feel proud to be seniors and look forward to their future.