Deadlines Matter!

By Aalize Allen
 
If anything matters your senior year and beyond, it should be deadlines. Almost everything you encounter and have to complete will have a deadline. Especially Journalism, since I recently found out that there is even a grade for meeting the deadline on our work, which I might have missed.
From classwork to college submissions and senior pictures, there will be a deadline whether you like it or not. From something as simple as submitting your requal papers to the nurse for our winter sports, there was a deadline, which was last week. So if you are reading this… you are late. And you missed the deadline.
Now that we are seniors there is a new glow to us, a new energy around us, and we are transforming into a young adults. And since we are now being looked upon as adults by adults, they don’t really feel obligated to pat us on our backs anymore and tell us the day that paper is due, and then give us extended days to turn it in. All of the constant reminders, the “just give it to me tomorrow morning,” and the “please mark down the date this is due” repeated daily will soon be a faint memory. The first day of college when your professor puts the syllabus in front of you, don’t be shocked or surprised; they’re done with the baby talk and little reminders.
The discussion then changes to due dates, and finally deadlines. You will be prepared thanks to the stress teachers are putting on you now about meeting deadlines.  Deadlines are important and it is up to you to remember when something is due, so figure out a process that works for you. Whether it is college applications, SAT’s sign ups, or even financial aid, deadlines matter.