The month of May arrives and the talk on campus is more of summer plans than of final homework assignments. As the school year comes to an end, not only the senior class is susceptible to ìsenioritis.î

In Alec Kneefelís April 28 online article, ìSenioritis runs rampant,î he states that ìmany underclassmen treat seniors that are infected with senioritis with a lack of respect.î I must argue that underclassmen in fact have very much of an understanding of the condition.

Perhaps the infectious disease should be renamed, considering that many students have been infected with its symptoms since their freshman year of high school.

After enduring nine months of school, the daily routine becomes exhausting. Summer appears exciting to everyone, simply because it provides a long-awaited break in the monotonous cycle of high school.

Senioritis is not a sudden oncoming illness reserved only for those about to encounter the ìreal world.î It is the anticipation for the next chapter in our lives that has been building up since we first heard the word ìgraduation.î