Those kids have a name, too. We call them seniors. High school seniors appear to be sitting on top of their world, and most of them thoroughly enjoy the ride. But seniors figure out by spring of their senior year that things will change at graduation. Some have been stewing about the coming change all year long.
Graduation means change.
Change frightens people. And high school seniors, despite outward appearances and behaviors, are real people with real worries. Whether high school seniors admit it or not, leaving home tops the list. Picking the wrong college is a close second. College seniors have their own terrors.