http://www.uscollegesearch.org/blog/college-planning/are-you-slipping-into-the-senior-slump-take-a-quiz-to-see-if-youre-blowing-off-your-senior-year/ U.S. College Search - Blog Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:34:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.uscollegesearch.org/blog/college-planning/are-you-slipping-into-the-senior-slump-take-a-quiz-to-see-if-youre-blowing-off-your-senior-year/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Lori Oswald Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:50:10 +0000 http://www.uscollegesearch.org/blog/uncategorized/are-you-slipping-into-the-senior-slump-take-a-quiz-to-see-if-youre-blowing-off-your-senior-year/#comment-337 You make a good point, Adrian. This test may be a bit slanted toward students that are in the top of their class and may not as accurately address the feelings of a much larger group of college-bound students. But I think it can still help any student to double check their situation, and at least make sure they aren't blindly slacking. Thanks for the comment! You make a good point, Adrian. This test may be a bit slanted toward students that are in the top of their class and may not as accurately address the feelings of a much larger group of college-bound students. But I think it can still help any student to double check their situation, and at least make sure they aren’t blindly slacking. Thanks for the comment!

]]> http://www.uscollegesearch.org/blog/college-planning/are-you-slipping-into-the-senior-slump-take-a-quiz-to-see-if-youre-blowing-off-your-senior-year/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Adrian Degraffenreidt Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:55:17 +0000 http://www.uscollegesearch.org/blog/uncategorized/are-you-slipping-into-the-senior-slump-take-a-quiz-to-see-if-youre-blowing-off-your-senior-year/#comment-338 This test really doesn't capture the essence behind what a student goes through when mentally leaving high school. Unfortunately, It expects everyone to maintain a robotic stature of perfection while upholding all extra-curricular activities without so much as a hint of fatigue (or humanity for that matter). If that wasn't enough, the test even requires you to be "completely prepared and totally excited." about their future prospects of college. It's as if they're asking the senior to blindly ignore their sense of caution and temperance. Again this does little to cover an actual experience of a senior in high school. I suppose we should aspire to the all-around American student who does suceed at the high price of their own sense of being, but I'd rather enjoy my mental health than be valedictorian any day. I could go on, but I hope you see my point. This test really doesn’t capture the essence behind what a student goes through when mentally leaving high school. Unfortunately, It expects everyone to maintain a robotic stature of perfection while upholding all extra-curricular activities without so much as a hint of fatigue (or humanity for that matter). If that wasn’t enough, the test even requires you to be “completely prepared and totally excited.” about their future prospects of college. It’s as if they’re asking the senior to blindly ignore their sense of caution and temperance. Again this does little to cover an actual experience of a senior in high school. I suppose we should aspire to the all-around American student who does suceed at the high price of their own sense of being, but I’d rather enjoy my mental health than be valedictorian any day. I could go on, but I hope you see my point.

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