How is senioritis different from burnout?

Burnout and senioritis may look similar, but they’re not quite the same beast. Burnout is full-on exhaustion from doing too much for too long. You want to care, but you’re too fried to function. Senioritis? That’s more of a “meh, do I really need to?” mindset. It’s not that the student can’t do the work—they just don’t want to. Burnout needs rest, deep breaths, and probably a nap. Senioritis needs a goal refresh, a reality check, and maybe some creative bribery. Both are real and manageable, but figuring out which one you’re dealing with is step one in getting back on track.