The Clash of the Classes
As the high school life is drawing capriciously close to an end, seniors reflect back on the past years to see how many things have changed.
As they look back to their junior year, they see an abundance of similarities between that year and this one. The high school itself has not changed one bit from the previous year. It is still the same two-story building with the six halls, two gyms, and large cafeteria (with the televisions nobody uses). Throughout the day they find themselves following the same redundant class schedule over and over, day after day, hour by hour. Most of their friends are still in school and have some of the same classes together.
One thing the seniors are glad of is that both years they were upperclassmen and had to take little disrespect, if any, from other students. In addition, the students have a better place in the eyes of the teachers as they are well known and respected by them. As they reflect, the students find that they are being admired by all of the students under them.
If they will look deeper into the details of the two years, they will find many differences between them. First, they will notice that they are a few months away from graduation day as opposed to last year at the same time. The senior year is not surrounded with the monotony of everyday school life because they are focused on the end. After last year, seniors must stay at school the whole day even they do not need the credits or classes to graduate. Also since last year the prices of the food in the cafeteria has risen yet again. Nevertheless, they finally decided to sell a pizza worth one dollar and eighty cents.
Aside from the physical apperance of things, seniors also have matured from their state as juniors. As the end draws near they find the need to improve their focus on life as a whole. Life is just now coming to light for them and they realize that they need to set aside their childish ways. In order to survive in the real world they must amend their characteristics to better prepare themselves to meld with the world. Seniors will find more responsiblities along with more privilages as they become mature in the eyes of society.
In conclusion, the clash between the junior and senior years is not as great as might first be expected. There are only a few minute details that could possibly be overlooked. Most seniors can clearly see the similarities and differences between the junior and senior years in high school.
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