The school year is almost over and motivation for many high school seniors is quite low.<\/p>\n
Commonly known as \u201csenioritis,\u201d this is the time after college acceptances arrive and high school seniors start to feel like school isn\u2019t important.<\/p>\n
Senioritis often has a negative connotation. But past #NACACreads author Ned Johnson thinks the term and the feeling need a rebrand.<\/p>\n
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Johnson recently shared his views<\/a> with The New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the next few months, the rules are very different. Teachers and parents complain that they can\u2019t get teenagers to do anything. Some have even\u00a0proposed eliminating\u00a0senior year. But I see the end of senior year as an opportunity for kids to figure out their inner motivation, post college acceptance,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cFor kids who have been grinding for too long, the second semester can be downtime to recharge. But I also encourage students to use this time with intention, as it will help them enormously to be in touch with what matters to them. They can make themselves their senior project.\u201d<\/p>\n He fears that instead of a time of \u201cfreedom,\u201d the end of senior year is \u201ccharacterized by a sense of purposelessness.\u201d Students have gotten too used to external motivators and need to learn how to motive themselves.<\/p>\n He offers some suggestions for making the most out of this period of senioritis, including getting a job, practicing \u201cadulting,\u201d and taking a technology break.<\/p>\n Read Johnson\u2019s full list of suggestions<\/a> in The New York Times<\/em> and explore NACAC\u2019s resource<\/a> on senioritis.<\/p>\n Ashley Dobson is NACAC\u2019s senior communications manager for content and social media. You can reach her at\u00a0adobson@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The school year is almost over and motivation for many high school seniors is quite low. Commonly known as \u201csenioritis,\u201d this is the time after college acceptances arrive and high school seniors start to feel like school isn\u2019t important. Senioritis often has a negative connotation. But past #NACACreads author Ned Johnson thinks the term and … Continue reading The New \u2018Senioritis\u2019: Finding Your Motivation<\/span>