“The Final Year” – If a doctor said that you had one year left to live, what would you do? Just before that moment, you might believe that time is a forever-companion, and after it, realize that it is an extraordinarily precious commodity. Whether attempting to experience previously-evasive fruits of life, tether distant relationships or write the next great American novel, the clock is ticking. It is counting down, impossible to ignore. Conversely, a high school student enters a scholastic institution with a clearly-defined, four-year construct, and even though an…