It's 8:20; the final bell rang signaling everyone that students should be seated in class and ready to learn. Students can be seen slamming their lockers and rushing to their next class in fear of being punished for being late. But lingering in the hallways is an imaginary disease prevalent only in the senior class. The symptoms are well recognized by the faculty; lateness, little to no work completed in class, late homework submissions, and an overall lethargic attitude quickly spread from student to student as the end of the school year approached. Unfortunately, the repercussions of their actions are not as innocent as some elders like to believe. Seniority has both short- and long-term harms on academic achievement, such as loss of college acceptance, difficulty with college-level classes, lack of desire to continue education, and a continued apathetic attitude toward the end of any endeavor . To understand why Senioritis is so destructive to a senior's future it should be identified first. According to en.wikipedia.org, senioritis is defined as a fictional syndrome attributed to students nearing the end of high school and college, whose symptoms include laziness, procrastination, and apathy toward schoolwork. By the end of their senior year of high school, many seniors have already been accepted into colleges, plan to study a certain area, or will already have a job lined up for them once they graduate. Many are so focused on the future that the present is no longer important to them. English lessons are worthless to a future car mechanic. Biology is irrelevant to the senior pursuing the dream of becoming an artist. They have a strong desire to break free from the education system that has kept them there for 12 years. Although they have grown as people and as students, in the eyes of a senior, the monotonous details of their school day have remained unchanged. They arrive at school, take their books out of the locker, the bell rings, they go to class, the teacher speaks, they listen. At the end of the day, they put the books away; and go home only to study for tomorrow's exam and sleep. Students wonder why they should take certain classes. They know that their grades are good enough and can still pass with a C regardless of their participation in the course (The Mysteries of Senioritis).