By Megan Griggs Posted April 28, 2010
From the time a person enters high school, they can’t wait for the chance to call themselves seniors. Being a senior has its own awe-struck wonder about it, you are about to graduate, you get a little more freedom, and you get the chance to start a new chapter of your life.
Being a senior also includes the milestone of your 18th birthday, 18 is the glorified age where you are from now on considered as an adult.
For as long as I can remember being a senior came with a set of special privileges, that no other class received. These privileges included only having to take a minimum of four classes, and the chance to have your own parking spot in the lot closest to the school, another added privilege was having a fifteen-minute break before lunch known as TASK. Currently, the graduating class of 2010 is receiving none of these so-called “senior privileges”.
It is kind of a letdown to us seniors; to think that we made it all four years of high school and don’t get any source of reward. To some, it may not seem like that big of a deal, but it is. It seems like the only form of reward we get for being a senior is being able to have two off periods.
I think all the things that the senior class gets to do the last week before graduating are the kind of stuff we should be privileged to do all year long. Activities include senior sunset and a barbeque for both the graduating class and their parents. These kinds of things are what make senior year both fun and memorable.
Now I’m not saying that seniors should get a red carpet rolled out for them or anything, but making it to senior year is a big accomplishment, and our school should realize that.
