curious How can something you never had before be considered a necessity?
Because Jen's life is changing: at her age she needs more independence. And from what I seem to understand from the explanation of the 'schoolies', Jen has finished her last exams now, so she will start higher education soon, I assume. That is likely to be farther away than high school, so she might need her own transportation.
(I don't really understand why her last school year seems to end in December; does the higher education start in January then??)
