Observation 1

I have decided that the sub culture I am going to study is going to the senior sub culture. Being a senior is something that all of us plan to become one day but probably dont full grasp what it entails. Dealing with the pressures of approacing the working community and leaving behind the pencil and paper for a desk and responsibility. The transition seems daunting especially when you add in the fact that you still have to juggle all the school work, a social life, work, and any other exra ciricular activity that is on your agenda.

When just briefly talking with a few of the seniors that I know they comment that their feelings are kind of mixed. They are ecxited to finally be done with school and no longer have the burden of homework and exams, but yet the thought of being on their own and beginning to work to support themselve is one that is met with some worry. I was told that it is hard to know if you are fully ready for the obstacles that you will face when graduation is over and the diplomas have all been handed out. Some note that they are still maybe uncertain that the carrer path that they have chosen may not be the absolute best one for them.

Graduation is only a few months away and I plan to use my observations as a way to monitor the changes of opinion and emotion as graduation approaches. I want to see how if their attitudes begin to shift in how they view school work and if "senioritis" begins to set in. Also to see if they decide that maybe graduation isnt the best option at the moment and maybe decide to return next year as a super senior. I believe that this blog is going to be a journey that will show what the pressures and real stories of a senior in college present. And my goal is to make this something that I and others can learn from so when we become seniors we will know what is right and wrong.