About this time every year, just as spring blooms and the days grow closer to the end of the semester, an intermittent sickness spreads throughout households of those anticipating graduation. Could it be a virus that only affects certain ages at specific times? Might it be brought on by transitional stress at the end of the high school years? Is it contagious and could it potentially become a pandemic? To these and other possible questions: Yes!
This decline in practically every motor, emotional, and sensory function is the affect of a semi-temporary condition known as Senioritis. According to the Senioritis Leadership Association & Council for Kids, or SLACK, Senioritis begins sometime after the start of the college application process and has been known to linger throughout the summer months until the infected moves off to college. Common symptoms of Senioritis include a basic lack of desire to do anything productive at home or school, and tiredness, even after a three hour nap. Experts have discovered that this energy deficiency seems to flare up when the affected is anywhere except in close proximally to other inflected individuals in social settings. The reasons for this is uncertain, but research has authenticated it’s claims. Other symptoms of senioritis can be, but not limited to, an extreme lack of communication, inability to complete regular household responsibilities, and a decrease in concern for...anything.
In some cases, symptoms of senioritis have been reported in teenagers as early as the 9th grade. For parents dealing with this condition at home, extreme patiences it required. Treatment can vary and most are deemed ineffective. Studies show that most reasonable attempt to remedy this condition before its natural passing from the system is often met with resistance. Six out of seven doctors agree that the best treatment is prayer and large doses of ibuprofen, for the parent, not necessarily the senior. Parental caregivers have been known to get through this time quoting such phrases like “This too shall pass”, “They will be gone soon”, and various Psalms on suffering and deliverance.
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