I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing all the way through school was I was just a goof... I didn't care.
A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences to change.