by Nathan Hunt |

It is comparable to the zombie apocalypse. One mention of the word could infect an entire classroom, we must be careful where we tread and what we think, because this disease is one of the most contagious viruses known to man. The dreaded…SENIORITIS. Plaguing high schools across the nation for decades, it consumes every ounce of motivation of a senior’s attitude. Some fight harder than others to fend it off, while some welcome it with open arms. These are the kids you have to look out for, because they are the ones who spread the infection the quickest around the school.

Sadly, I must admit that I was very close to becoming infected with the disgusting disease. The first couple of weeks of second semester, the virus slowly took hold, but I had a saving grace. Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, I traveled down to Jefferson City to go to a Student Council weekend getaway called, “Winter Energizer.” Lead by the Missouri Association of Student Councils, it takes seniors and cures them of their case of senioritis! What is their secret, you ask? Leadership. Over the course of the three days I was away, I was taught about having dreams and goals and how to accomplish them. I was taught to find a cause worth fighting for and fight for it.

Luckily, I was cured. Coming back to Liberty from what I would call paradise, you would think it would be difficult, yet I was oddly excited. I was ecstatic to come back and share my newfound excitement and eagerness with the senior class, to help cure some of my peers and help them realize that this is our last chapter. These last weeks are the end of our high school career. My goal is to write this chapter of my life in a way that makes people want to say, “Man, I want to read that again. That was such a great read.” I believe this should be every senior’s goal; the sad fact is, though, that some seniors let senioritis give them writer’s block when they are trying to write an incredible end to a wonderful chapter called, “High School” to the book titled, “Life.”