So no one told you life was gonna be this way...

Junior year. Unless you're an underclassman, you've been there. You know how hard it is. But why does this one year seem to have the most stress, the most work, the most everything? Well, I haven't quite come to the conclusion. Things that add up to this one horrible year would be stuff like, the ACTs/SATs, multiple AP classes, begin college searching, not seniors yet (duh!), etc.


I stated that juniors are not quite seniors. Well duh, it says it in the name. But what I am getting at is that when you are a junior, you have already experienced two years of high school, you feel as if you should be on top, and to add to all that, being a junior means you still have one more year to go.

Some juniors might not agree with the following statement, but for me, I just want to get out of here. I am ready for college (I think). I mean, I have my doubts, but who doesn't? I am ready for that gigantic leap into the real world, to go where you haven't before, to leave home. Last year, most of my friends were upperclassmen and so when they graduated, it made me feel as if I should have graduated too.

Well, the same thing is bound to happen again. Granted, I do have more friends in my class, I just feel like it's my senior year right now. There were only two sophomores that made our varsity show choir last year (me being one of them) and I'm sure the other one (No Big Deal) has a similar feeling that we've already been in the top show choir for one year and the second is generally the last. But for No Big Deal and I, there is still another year.

So, even though junior is supposedly the worst year, I just have a huge feeling that next year as a senior will be worse. The senioritis will kick in, the college applications will start, the days will drag on and on. So...

Will you let junior year get to you?