In 1907, the term “senioritis” was first coined by the Chicago Alumni Magazine to describe the lack of motivation found in many seniors graduating from high school at the end of the school year. Since then, it has expanded to include the year-round lack of motivation seniors have during their last year of high school, and Ankeny High School seniors are no strangers to this condition.
Many seniors at Ankeny High School seem to struggle with senioritis, and the gradual loss of motivation seniors possess at the beginning of the year can make it hard for seniors to keep up with their work as the year ends.
“You’re in your senior year, and you [can see] the lights at the end of the tunnel, and you still have all the schoolwork, but you don’t have the energy to do it,” senior Morgan Conklin said. “You know you have to do it, but you just really don’t want to.”…