User blog comment:Nalyd Renrut/Not Dead Yet/@comment-1874924-20110611182920

I think school is a major reason why so many of the veterans are much less active than they used to be. (Sunshine, for example, hasn't even logged on in almost two months.) Many of the vets who were in middle school when this wiki started are now in high school, where the more demanding coursework takes more of their time. High school also offers a broader range of extracurricular activites, and is also the period where kids typically become more interested in things like cars and courtship. Speaking of which, once they have their driver's licenses, the greater mobility that gives provides that many more opportunities for passing time, constructively or otherwise. Furthermore, high school is typically the period when many kids start working part-time jobs and often work full-time during the summer. Long story short, high schoolers typically have many more demands on their time than middle schoolers do.