FHSTheFlash The Flash Volume 54, Issue 1 October 2013 | Page 11

Good Grades Gone Bad

Features
Erica Kloski

Flash Staff Reporter

Sometimes, soon is never
soon enough. Cody Weidner,
a Fraser High School senior,
wishes he had done things
differently.
“I wish I had taken school
more seriously. I would have
started looking at colleges
[freshman year], not waiting
until my junior and senior
year when the school makes
it most important. I would
have planned my financial
situation, where I’m going
to live, where I’m going to
school, what I’m going to
school for,” Weidner said.
Across the country, high
school seniors are preparing for the experience of
a lifetime: College. One of
the most stressful, nervewracking, frustrating, and
yet rewarding decisions lies
ahead, but many of them
feel unprepared.
“They weren’t prepared
and thought they had three
more years to fix everything.
They thought they could do
whatever they wanted their
freshmen year and make it
up later. The school told us
how important it was, but
they didn’t explain exactly
why at first, and how much

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it would affect college,”
Fraser senior Olivia Marquardt said about students’
freshmen year.
As rewarding as high school
is, college is the next step into

in the seniors’ final year, it’s
clear to see the stress levels
rising and the panic beginning to set in.
“We were only told of
college in general fresh-

adulthood and pursuing the
perfect career. Although this
is a widely known topic, what
many students don’t know is
that they can’t start preparing
soon enough. As weeks go by

men year,” Weidner said.
“I would have done things
differently.”
Freshmen year, one of the
most crucial years of high
school, and yet students

aren’t realizing it until it’s
too late. Many juniors and
seniors look back at their
high school experience,
wishing they could turn back
the clock. Junior year is

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stressed as the most important year of high school by
many. However, by the time
junior year rolls around,
the students are out of luck
when it comes to their grade

point average,