# Your HS Senior Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878 "2001-08-04T03:36:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/21 "2001-08-05T03:58:13Z")
I graduated the class of 2000. My senior year was a joke. 1st period-English 2nd-Problems of Democracy (we read the newspaper and talked about how screwed up america is) 3rd-Art 4th-Physics 5th-Adult Living (home ec, basically) 6th and 7th-work study. I rarely stayed at school past 9:30. I was technically out at 12 because of work study. But I had last lunch, so I left at 11:30. But my physics teacher and my adult living teacher didn’t even know I was in their class, I showed up so rarely. My art teacher gave me credit as long as my projects were complete. And I never talked to anyone when I was there, so I was really far ahead of the rest of my class. So I’d go to english because it was the only class I needed to graduate, and P.O.D., and then I was gone. Yeah, I was a slacker ---
**Author:** ![Nicklz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicklz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicklz)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/22 "2001-08-05T04:46:01Z")
Oh man my Senior year was the best. Forget about school for a second and just think of all the wild parties you’ll go to. you’ll probably end up skipping half of the year thats what I did anyway. Think about how all the under classmen, will look up to you, because your a SENIOR, yeah it’s an ego trip for a year. Teachers will cut you alot of slack. (most of them anyway) Most of all have fun it’s your senior year and you’ll never get to be a senior again, unless you of coarse fail, but thats not cool. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/23 "2001-08-05T05:18:45Z")
I graduated in [sub]1957[/sub] My classes were:[list]**[li] Cave dwelling[/li][li] Mammoth hunting[/li][li] Flint flaking[/li][li] Rock rolling (that’s when Rock & Roll started)[/li][\*] Phys Ed (I took typing instead)** ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/24 "2001-08-05T05:43:12Z")
My senior year of HS (class of 2000) almost killed me and made my first year of college seem like a vacation. I took AP Spanish, AP Calculus, AP English, AP Biology, and Physics (which was not necessary and I really hated). In addition, I took more pointless required classes like Participation in Government, Economics, and PE. I also took a very fun class that prepared me for Science Olympiad. I had lunch only half the week. The other half of the week I had to eat in Physics Lab while watching my partner (my best friend) do all the work. On top of all this I was working 16 hours a week at the animal hospital. I definitely did not get to slack, but it all paid off in college. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/25 "2001-08-05T06:00:34Z")
Ahh my old senior year (co92) AP Physics, AP Calculus and other such stuff. I got an A the first semester of Physics and said to myself “I know we have this MAJOR project due in the second half of the semester but I got an A in the first semester which means even if I get an F in the second half, I’ll still pass with a C. And not just any F but a ZERO!!!” And that’s what I did. Came to class, did absolutely no work whatsoever but had a lot of fun and graduated as scheduled. good times… ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/26 "2001-08-05T06:49:02Z")
I can’t for the life of me remember what I had my senior year other than Physics. I graduated in '81, so this may be due to senility setting in. Or maybe I slept through it. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/27 "2001-08-05T06:52:34Z")
Class of '95. Woo-freaking-hoo. Anti-slacker. Major geek. Periods. 8 of 'em. Some classes only went for a semester, though. 1st: AP English 2nd: Study Hall - should have been gym, but I had enough classes that they let me take a study hall instead 3rd: Psychology 4th: AP Spanish 5th: AP Calculus 6th: AP Microeconomics/AP Government 7th: Half a period of lunch 7th/8th: Period and a half of AP Chemistry Plus, I was a yearbook editor, captain of the academic bowl team, and on the math team and JETS team. I must have been insane. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/28 "2001-08-05T07:23:29Z")
Thanks. I had to go digging around in a cedar chest that holds most of my senior mementos. Its not like it was a big deal or anything. I love doing looking in it. Let me see, my schedule says: SEM1 1 Religious Education IV 2 Study Hall 3 College Algebra 4 Psychology 5 English IV 6 Sentinel Voices 7 Teacher Assistant SEM2 1 Religious Education IV 2 Office '97 3 College Algebra 4 US/AZ Government 5 English IV 6 Sentinel Voices 7 Aerobics A couple of these classes were a joke. Office '97 was basically a place for people to talk to eachother while doing insanely easy classwork. Even our teacher would join into our conversations. Study Hall was a good place to be, unless you got a teacher who was a “stick to the books” person. I only got a moderator like that once(during my sophomore year) and the rest of them were easy. As for Sentinel Voices, it was my second year in that choir. It was an elective, so I could have slacked off, but I loved music. The teacher that we had that year was so incompetent that I left in the beginning of my second semester of senior year. I then had a study hall in its place. Trying to get that study hall was a pain though. Different story though. Too long. I was a model student in the behavior department, but when it came to grades, it was lucky that I even got into college. My ACT scores didn’t help me either. All the teachers loved me though. Maybe that is carrying it too far. They just weren’t annoyed by me. I either had my face in a book…or was,um I don’t know. I was friendly to everyone. Except for one person. Then I just gave them the “evil eye” and he thought I was a complete b\*tch. Oh, well. I’m not and never was. I loved High School (I must have a serious problem, because many of my friends hated it) and miss everyone. I guess I will go look at the yearbooks that I have. 🙂 Damn! Ever have a teacher who frequently went off on tangents? If I were a teacher, that would be me.:rolleyes: Class of '99. Woo-hoo!!! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/29 "2001-08-05T07:43:47Z")
I graduated in 95’ but I remember all the classes, if not the order. Anatomy and Physiology Physics Algebra 2 (whoo hoo! I passed! by 1 point!) Spanish 4 Desktop Publishing(1st semester)/Intro to Psychology (2nd Semester) Early Brit lit (1st semester)/ Popular Lit(second semester. The teachers decided not to have an AP English class that year, damn them) ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/30 "2001-08-05T09:20:28Z")
Fall 1985 Humanities AP English Chem II Calculus A Psychology Athletics [sub]Football/Golf, which, after mid-November, meant doing what I would have done anyway if I didn’t have a class that period: playing golf or going home if the weather was bad[/sub] Spring 1986 Physics 1104 Philosophy 1103 Chemistry 1105 Calculus 1213 Why the difference in course titles? My dad found out that I could be accepted to the University of Oklahoma without a HS diploma if I scored over 30 on the ACT or 1250 on the SAT (34 & 1420, if you must know). Since he and I were nearly at the point of reciprocal physical violence, he asked me if I wanted to move into the dorms and start college instead of returning to high school after Christmas Break. What do you think I said? No, I didn’t graduate from high school. Why worry about the prom, senior ditch day, graduation, and all that crap when you can be pledging a fraternity, living away from home in a dorm, and doing all the other cool stuff (drinking copious amounts of alcohol with no parental interference) you’ve been looking forward to doing for years, nine months early? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/31 "2001-08-05T09:27:14Z")
Class of 1958!! I took Distributive Education, which meant that I got out of school at noon in order to go to work. I really can’t remember, but I suppose my other classes were the same old boring crap that made me take Distributive Education in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerOak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FarmerOak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerOak)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/32 "2001-08-05T09:38:06Z")
I transferred credits from the local Community College so that I could graduate in the middle of my Junior year and join the Marines. I never had a Senior Year. As a fat, bald old man, I regret it. Enjoy, **brian**. Work the system to your advantage, because the system does not respect you, and you’ve gotta carve your own path. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/33 "2001-08-05T13:44:46Z")
I never had a senior year either. The only classes I was required to take were English and Social Studies. I did the Social Studies at night school during my junior year and the English at summer school immediately afterwards. So I spent what would have been my senior year as a freshman in college. ---
**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/34 "2001-08-05T14:17:24Z")
I don’t think I can remember my exact schedule, or even what semesters my classes fell into. But I can probably hit most of the classes I took over the course of the year… AP Physics & Physics Electricity AP Biology AP Calculus Genetics Anatomy & Physiology Environmental Science Organic Chemistry (AP was junior year) – my favourite class in all of high school AP English Drama (ugh) I think that’s all of it. My highschool was heavily hard sciences & engineering; they loaded us up on math and basic engineering stuff the first two years – 2-3 math courses per semester until we got to calculus in the junior year – and either science or engineering classes the last two years. We got by on the state’s minimum requirements for language and history. There were no electives, no band, and our one fine arts class was drama for the science students or architectual design for the engineering students… hmph. (After surviving this, both my brother and I rebelled and went fully humanities, language, and social sciences. Although I still love chemistry.) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/35 "2001-08-05T14:47:06Z")
First, let me just say that I miss both Peter Frampton AND Supertramp. Okay, then. 😉 I fulfilled virtually all requirements by end of Junior Year. I knew what I wanted to do with my life, and arranged a Work Study at the Jr. High school where the year before, they’d installed a small t.v. studio. I was in pig heaven. I did take a few classes though… Comparative Religion Phys Ed. ( Penna. Dept. of Ed. required 3 years of it ) Physics. I audited this class for first semester. While I failed the midterm, I did fall in love with a girl who I dated for about 2 1/2 years. So, Physics was not a total waste for me 😃 I did the same thing in Art School. Having done a year at Penn State ( back when it was Trimesters !! ), I had a shitload of liberal arts credits. When I got to SVA, I barely had to touch anything except core filmmaking classes. I finished everything by end of 3rd year, except my thesis which I shot during the summer between 3rd and 4th year. Spent 4th year cutting it, and working. I hated High School. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/36 "2001-08-05T15:28:40Z")
My 10 year reunion is in two weeks, so…let the nostalgia begin. Senior year…let me think…I took: - AP English (Already took AP history the year before) - Concert choir - Speech and Debate - Teacher’s Aide: Special Ed (I helped out in the Special Day Class we had on campus…very cool) - Chemistry (I think, although I swore that was junior year) - Economics - Drama (again, either junior or senior year…and very boring) - U.S. Government - Free 6th period…Seniors were allowed to dismiss early if they had already fulfilled graduation requirements and had the time free. That was pretty sweet. As you can see, senior year was pretty kick-back academically. I’d already satisfied most requirements, so I got to play around in some electives I’d been wanting to try. I had already taken the required three years of math and had **no** interest in any more of it. I’m too right brained and bored by numbers! What I regret is not ditching more school and having a little more fun than I did. I did ditch one day when a friend and I went to see Les Miserables, but that was just one day. Boo! ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/37 "2001-08-05T15:34:31Z")
My first semester was fine. Not great (like second), just OK. I graduated, by the way, last May (class of 2001; obviously). **First Semester** 1. Child Growth and Development: This is where I learned to dislike children like I do. I shudder from the memories. It seems like they knew I was going to be in the class and decided to put the biggest brats into it. And I’m not just talking about the children. 2. Current Events: This class began with high hopes. You know, talk about current events and what not. But it was filled with slackers and the poor teacher (who is a real good teacher, by the way) just gave up. There was nothing he could do. I told him all this, too, and he seemed glad that I, at least, took the class seriously. 3. World Lit.: It seems like I was the only one who liked reading. I had joined the class in hoping that we would read _1984_ and I could allow the class to marvel in my immense knowledge of Orwell. But they cut _1984_ from the curriculum. My moment of dispair was when I realized that I was the only one who liked _Lord of the Flies_. 4. Philosophy: The teacher was biased and I grew to have a slight animosity towards him. The final paper was the most stressful thing I have ever been through in school. **Second semester:** 1. AP Psychology: I loved this class. It was a small size and I loved the teacher. 2. US and World Politics: The only reason why I was in this class was because they took out Creative Writing. I hated this class. Bunch of close minded conservatives. 3. Civil War: I did horrible in this class, but I loved it anyway. 4. AP US History: I loved this class. Another small size class full of smart people. Quite a difference from my US and World Politics class. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/38 "2001-08-05T16:30:47Z")
1977? All I seem to remember is varsity baseball, smoking by the duck pond, pissing off nuns, and hot-wiring cars. I do know it was a Catholic school, so I might’ve taken some Latin, philosophy, and literature along with the required religious education. I can still recite prayers in Latin. A much needed social skill in this day and age. I DO remember piling a lemon-yellow '64 Chevy Impala into a telephone pole drag-racing somewheres on Elder Creek Road in an incredible display of teenage stupidity. I think I graduated with honors, but I also started smoking grass, so this part of my life is really hazy. Not going to reunions doesn’t help much either. ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/39 "2001-08-05T19:01:12Z")
I went to college for my senior year of high school… so my first semester was Comp Sci 100 Comp Sci 141 Calc 112 (Calc I) English 150 Poli Sci 160 second semester Calc 114 (Calc 2) English 160 Poli Sci 320 MacroEcon 150 Psych 360 Madness and Society, ST 360 Plus the required racquetball and tennis for gym… it wasn’t a heavy schedule… but fun fun fun ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878/40 "2001-08-05T19:29:23Z")
After reading all this posts, and from personal experience also, it seems to me that senior year seems slacker or easier compared to junior year. Is this because you all(like me) took the most difficult courses in junior year? That may explain the perception that senior year is easy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hs-senior-year/74878.md?page=3)