Whats the best way to spend your last school in year as a senior (12th grade)?

Question

Im not quite there yet but i will be there next year...next year is my last year as a senior. Im going into 11th grade this year. I should be a senior...but cuz of my birthdate (November 4th, 1989) i can't go to 12th...and my school won't move me up a grade cuz im really smart I am also older than alot of the kids in my grade. So...

Whats the best way to spend your last school year as a senior b 4 you graduate and the school year is over with?

Answer 1

Work like crazy on your school work and get the absolute best grades you can. Nothing is more important than education - it helps you the rest of your life, whatever you decide to do.

Answer 2

If you are really smart like you say you are, then you wouldn't have to ask this question. The best thing to do in your senior year, or your junior year, is to study hard and get good grades. Find out what the teachers are looking for and give it to them. You may not like what they are asking for but you might as well get used to filling assignments now because that is what you will be doing when you go to work as well. Along with studying hard and getting good grades, I would encourage you to get involved with extracurricular activities such as sports, music, speech, arts, academic decathlon, etc. For me, the activities made school interesting and fun. I was able to get straight "As" in my senior year while still being in band, orchestra, speech and debate tournaments and after school sports. It was a fulfilling year capped with a scholarship to college and lots of awards at the end of year assembly. Recognition is always good when you are being recognized for your achievements. Fill your time with worthwhile activities and don't goof off like so many other kids do.

Answer 3

There is a statement, a rule of thumb in college:
"If you live like you are an engineer while you are in college, you will live like a college student after you graduate". The lesson is that its better to work early, and rest later. Its not a lot later in the scheme of things, but it has a huge impact.

In high school they impress upon you that 12grade is the be-all and end-all, but its really just a baby step, a beginning. Its as essential of a transition as your first day of school, but graduating high school doesnt make you "arrived".

Spend 5 years working as hard as you ever have so that you can spend the next 25 working in a fun, fulfilling career, and the 25 after that in leisure, or personal quests, or whatever.

Graduating well can make a difference of tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of a college degree. The right college degree can make a difference of having a career you love where you also can be paid 5 times what someone without a degree could make. That financial security, reasonably managed, can provide you and yours with a good home, a good quality of life, and when your peers are looking at 65 for retirement you can be looking at 45, and enough resources to pursue your dreams, and live well for the next 40 years beyond that.

Or.

You can party, struggle at college, become a part of the 50-75% of people who drop out of college, work at McDonalds, or some other within a factor of 2 of minimum wage, worry about making ends meet, paying bills, and healthcare. The increased stress can decrease your lifespan by up to 20 years.

If you party, you might, barely end up somewhere in the thinning middle, but its really unlikely.

My point: Spend 5 more years working hard, one in high school, 5 is a good program that you love, that also has good after-you-graduate careers (look at the careers) and have a nice life for the following 50 years of your life.

Oh yeah, you can go to college early, and its a good idea. Its called "concurrent enrollment". If you start at 16, you can get as much as one full year of your college out of the way before the rest of your peers graduate high school. CLEP as much as you possibly can, then take the courses you can. Doing that you might be able to be a 19 year old college Junior and graduate before you are 20.

Dont miss out on the things that mean the most: things of the heart. You can have full hands and an empty heart. The disappointing thing about peers and high school is that after you graduate 99% of everyone you knew moves on. Ten years after you graduate you are going to be lucky if you have one person that you went to school with somewhere in your life.

Im sorry for the long post. there is another idea you should consider. "Youth is wasted on the young". That means that you can regret choices you make, and not be able to change them. Read through the posts here, and count how many say "work hard". Many of us partied and regret it. You have a limited opportunity to make more of your youth, and have a longer, richer, life than some of us do. Its as valuable as gold, and not to be traded for a few instants of fun. You dont trade away your gold for peanuts.. because peanuts are cheap and gold isnt. Invest yourself in the things that are worthwhile, both today, the morning or day after, and twenty or fifty years after.

Answer 4

Being that your SMART, the answer is obvious... Study hard, keep up with your grades, if you so choose go to the college/university of your choice. I'm not saying that you can't have fun along the way, but learning should be priority one...

Answer 5

My last year of high school got pretty messed up, so I can't tell you a think. The bestt thing was having my true friends sticking by my side no matter what

Answer 6

As someone who recently celebrated her 30th high school reunion, I can safely say that the 12th grade (senior year) should be spent, as much as possible not screwing what GPA you have.

Answer 7

Prepare your mind for college. Work very hard in your classes, get involved in activities that you've always wanted to, spend lots of time with your friends, and become more independent. Create wonderful memories.

Answer 8

Enjoy living at home! Enjoy having less responsiblities than you will later on! Do the best you can in High School and make sure you participate in all that you can! It WILL get you ahead!

Answer 9

get good grades participate n activities go to the prom and senior trips idont know much cuz i'm going to be a sophomore but i hope this helps

Answer 10

spend as much time with your friends as possible, go to all the dances, go to as many parties as possible (if you're into that sort of thing), go to the pep rallies, date, plan for college, basically just do whatever comes to mind. but, being a girl, i would highly suggest you go to all of the dances and make tons of friends to stay in contact with, because you'll regret missing anything later in life.