Those who struggled academically recognize that the senior year is too late to turn things around. In Wisconsin, the high school senior year often represents a lost opportunity for many of our students. Guidance counselor Mr. Dennis Lee at Black River Falls High School has become increasingly concerned by the approach many seniors take in regard to their course selection for their final year of high school. In a letter he sent to students and parents, Mr. Lee wrote, . . . Let me share what I believe to be some of the fiction and some of the facts regarding the senior year.
Students feel they deserve a break.
I hear this many times expressed not only by students but also by parents recalling their own days of high school. For many students, senior year is the transition year between required education and desired education. Senior year is the springboard, launching students to their future choices. Therefore, the choices made senior year set the standard for the future. The challenges accepted senior year set the tone for the challenges ahead.