Week 29: Words from the wise

Dear Juniors: Class of 2019,
       Greetings. If any of you are actually reading this somehow, and I hope that you are, I wanted to give you some advice for senior year.
       #1- Have fun. While you do have one year, it does go by pretty fast. Enjoy it while you can. I am writing this on 4/20 (hahah blaze it, jk) which means I have exactly one month left. It seems like a while ago I was counting down 8 months, then 7 months etc. Make do with what you have while it lasts. Some of you will still be with each other after high school, going to the same school. Some of you however, will be leaving for good. Make friends, make memories, and have fun.
       #2- Do your work. While you do have one year left, DO YOUR WORK. Don't fall behind. If you're like me, you would have had senioritis already. When I was a junior, towards the end of my year, I was getting senioritis watching my boyfriend graduate. In all reality, most of you technically wont be done with school. Think about it, you still have college. That mentality mostly helped me get through this year. Help yourselves and your teachers, don't fall behind, and do your work.
       #3- Be on time. Ya'll have a senior trip at the end of your year. You need to make sure you don't get too many tardies and you don't miss too much school. This also follows doing your work and senioritis, just show up to school, cause you will miss something from high school. Make do with what you have and help yourselves.
       #4- College and scholarships. DO THEM. Apply apply apply. DO IT EARLY. Trust me, its so hard to try to get it done later. If you apply to college early, great. Even if you don't know what you want to do. Scholarship wise, DO THEM ALLLLLL. Get as much money as you can. You'll need it.
       #5- This will be tiny things to help you.
                                         - Music: For me, being emotional as I am, this helped me SO MUCH in general throughout high school as a whole.
                                         - Gum: This is great after lunch when ya'll have nasty breath. You wont get  weird looks and people wont mind talking to you cause you wont be gross.
                                         - SHOWER: At times, you will go through lazy phases, but if you wake up and take a shower each morning or the night before, you will feel a lot fresher and be more prepared. Even dress up nicely.
                                         - Treat yo'self: Once in a while, you really do need to treat yourself thoughout senior year. You're a hard worker. You have a job, some might have sports or the play or other activities. Go with a couple other tense friends and treat yourself a little.
                                         - DO NOT DROP OUT: I can not express that enough. I don't care how tough things get, don't drop out. The long term is gonna cost more than the short term. Just finish your schooling. You have less than one year. Do your work and be done.
       Finally, this is your last year. Finish it well. Good luck! I'm here if ya'll need help.