junior

Basically the year when you are not yet a senior, but think you are as cool as the senior and better than the seniors. It is generally the peak of high school and kids get cocky and think they know it all. It is the first year of indepedent driving in most states, but learners permits start in different countries. To be a cool junior, you pretty much need to have your own car, and the prom is a big deal for you. It is like life or death. Junior year is also the hit in the head year, when you realize that college is only 2 years to go and you'll have to prepare for your partying by taking the SAT and get into Harvard to party.