Seniors

I am really getting tired of the seniors right now. They have just decided that they are finished and they do not want to work anymore. I think a lot of them think that no matter what, since they have come this far, that they are not going to fail. They just think that we are going to pass them through. We were told that right now we have about 80 seniors that are failing at least one class and that they will not graduate if they do not make up the work. I hve one that is failing because he will not turn in his work and take a missed test. I gave him an opportunity to take his make up test while I had a sub. I had arranged for him to go to a quiet class and take the test because my class was working on a project while I was gone. The sub left me a note saying that she told him to go and take the test and he said that he will just come back that afternoon and take it. He didn't. I called his mom and she was so appreciative that I called her. She said that he had told her that he had made up all of his work. He will not graduate if he fails my class. It wears me out. I know that it is not my responsibility to make sure that they make up their work, but I find myself worrying about it. I consantly stay on them. I can see how after a while teachers just give up because you just get tired. I'm not going to give up. I 'm going to stay on their rear ends until they get sick of hearing it and will do the work just to make me shut-up.