Thompson groans, tears flowing freely. Claudia Pafumi on one side of her and Kate Silver-Heilman on the other give a brief squeeze to her outstreteched hands. For high school students, that's a long time, and time is the villain now. It's collapsing in on them. Next week is the last day of classes.
Graduation is a few weeks away.
So does peripatetic. One minute, you're the best mother ever and will you pleaseplease make his favorite meal. The problem is, graduating seniors don't know where to position themselves emotionally from one moment to the next. It's not just senior year that's running on a video loop through their heads. All of high school is there, the low points as well as the highs.