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I’ve been aging over the past almost two decades with seven hours out of half of the days of the year sitting in a classroom, and now it’s almost over, like the Terminator series.

Don’t quote me on this because I, Eli Vaglica, am writing a blog. Yes, for most of you the thought of someone with no feelings pouring it out onto a platform solely based around the thoughts and opinions of an individual makes absolutely no sense, but I’m here to talk to you about “relatable” senior topics and content.

For the people that know me, I procrastinate… a lot. Now, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that there are other procrastinators in my class and in every high school, but everyone that’s taking their senior year in strides is trying to peak. Try and try as much as I can, I will probably always revert back to my old waiting game ways. I’m not going to lie, the adrenaline from stress that I get from procrastinating can make for some really good completed work, but then again I didn’t even get to eat breakfast today because I was already rushing to complete assignments. It’s only Thursday.

Existence is pain for the poor souls trying to complete school without doing homework. The fact that this is my senior year of high school and I don’t feel threatened by my procrastination problem is slightly alarming. It makes me concerned on the outlook of my future outside of school. Then again I can say without question that I’m not going to be telling my future employer that I learned the basic concepts of cooking or diagramming sentences and that should be a reason for hiring me.

So many of these “life skills” we’re learning, I feel, are inapplicable to our actual lives. I don’t do my homework because I feel I should learn everything I need to at school. If I really need an affirmation of knowledge learned after processing it in class, it’s either a problem with how I learn or the way the teacher teaches.

So yeah, I’m a senior, and I’ve dedicated a lot of time at school, and if grades are what make me a valuable asset or good student, then no, I’m not going to take homework very seriously.

I’m not just a test of knowledge completed at home and I shouldn’t be (de)graded as such.

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As a freshman coming into the high school, you expect things to be different, but in reality it is similar to middle school. You come into high school thinking it’s going to be scary, but it sometimes seems easier. You have more freedom and are given more opportunities. I expect high school classes to be harder, but at the same I think they will be interesting.

Freshman have a lot of false ideas as what being a senior is like, but I expect seniors to be like “The cool kids”. They are the older students who can drive, and are also close to graduating. I see the seniors walking through the halls and I look up to them, thinking “They made it through, why can’t I”?
All students have expectations and ideas about their future in high school. For me, I don’t really know what the future entails. I think it will definitely get harder from here, but I know that everyone can adjust.

We all know that teacher expectations can be challenging sometimes. I think teachers have the same expectations for all students, but they probably expect less of freshman than they do of seniors.

I haven’t been here for long, but I’m excited more opportunities to come as I get older. So far, classes are pretty much the same as last year, with a few exceptions. I enjoy the fact that some of our classes are the same as last year, including French, Industrial Arts, and other electives. On the down side, it’s annoying we that we have 3^rd lunch and gym/health half of the year.

All in all, I have high expectations for myself this school year, as well as for my teachers and classmates.