Finals

Prepare yourselves....finals are almost here.  Everybody dreads them, but once they're over you get the best feeling of relief.  As long as you study and try your hardest, everything will work out okay.  Do don't stress too much or you'll only make them harder than they really are. Just get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast. I'm sure you'll do great. Good luck everyone!

Group Projects

Group projects can be fun if you're with your friends or people you get along with, but they can be extremely challenging and stressful if your group is dysfunctional at all.  My advice for difficult group projects is to take them seriously and stay on top of them.  You never want to rely on everybody else in your group and find out that it's wrong right before it's due.  Group projects are just a part of high school and of life, so don't procrastinate and try your hardest.  Even if your group is less than helpful.

Getting Behind

There is nothing like being a month from summer and realizing that you still have so much work to finish before the last day of school. The stress reaches maximum levels during the last few weeks when everybody, including the teachers, is crunching to get everything in in time. My advice is stay on top of all your upcoming assignments so you don't have to worry about last minute panic while you're also trying to study for finals. Trust me, less stress is a very good thing.

Starting at the bottom

Everybody remembers what it felt like to be a freshman. To be the bottom of the food chain and pecking order of high school.  To me, freshman year feels like it was only yesterday, but I've worked hard over the years and I feel like I have come so far to be a junior.  I can only imagine what it will feel like to be a senior, the top of the school, in just a few short weeks.  But whatever glory and confidence comes with such a position, I know that it will be short lived.  The sad part about being at the top of any pecking order is that there is nowhere for you to go but down.  You only get one year at the top before you are reduced to a measly freshman or rookie again in college or whatever career you might go into.  So, seniors, enjoy the power while you have it, because nothing lasts forever once you head out into the real world.