Free Period

Throughout all of my high school career, I have never had a scheduled free period. So when I realized that I would have second period free during my second semester of senior year, I was relieved. I thought that having a second semester free period as a senior would be extremely relaxing for me, and that it would give me time to enjoy being a second semester senior. And boy was I right! I love having a free period because it gives me a scheduled time in my day, four days a week, where I can work on anything: homework, extracurricular activities, or even take a nap in the silent section of the library. But although the joy of a second semester senior year free period lived up to its expectations, second semester senior year in itself did not. As a student goes about through his or her freshmen, sophomore, and junior years in high school, he or she anticipates the day when second semester senior year arrives. Supposedly there is less of a workload, teachers are less strict, and you are already into college. But for me that was not the case at all. I most definitely did not have "senioritis", (except for random days when I would not do my AP Psychology or Pre-Calculus homework), and my work load was not winding down at all. To pile on top of all of that, the college decision was only getting harder, as I had to decide where I was going to be for the next four years of my life. So no, second semester senior year is not as stress-free as everyone says, but I am sure glad that I got a free period to help lighten the work load.