Current:Home > reviews'Full circle': Why some high school seniors are going back to school with kindergarten backpacks -Momentum Wealth Path
'Full circle': Why some high school seniors are going back to school with kindergarten backpacks
View
Date:2025-04-16 20:33:29
High school seniors across the country are donning a new type of item for their first day of school: a backpack typically used by young children.
As seniors are starting their last year of high school, an emerging trend has them purchasing the backpacks as a way to reminisce on their childhood.
The backpack designs range from cartoon shows to beloved movie and video game characters and everything in between. In one TikTok by user @tamialanaee, students are wearing backpacks with Disney, Nickelodeon, DC, and Marvel characters on them.
More:Back to school 2023: Could this be the most expensive school year ever? Maybe
One TikToker, @blessupinspiration, made a video asking if other students across the U.S. are also partaking in the trend, as his daughter was for her senior year.
"From what she’s telling me, they all get this little kid backpack for their senior year to take them back to kindergarten [and] first grade,” @blessupinspiration says in the TikTok. “The kind of backpack they would wear back then to graduate high school in, man. It’s like full circle.”
Over 17,000 people have commented on the video, confirming that students from multiple states are also hopping on the trend, including in Arizona, California, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida and more.
Some schools are even encouraging seniors to wear the backpacks as a way to embrace their inner child, like Cigarroa High School in Laredo, Texas.
This isn't the first year that seniors have showed up to school with the backpacks. The trend has also occurred in previous school years, including in 2021 and 2022.
If you're a senior searching for a backpack to wear on your first day of school, stores such as Target, Walmart and Kohl's could have options. Target is where TikToker @nicolette.tan found her backpack, choosing a Spider-Man themed one.
More:Don't overbuy: Here are items you don't need for your college dorm room
Kate Perez covers trends and breaking news for USA TODAY. You can reach her via email at kperez@gannett.com or on X at @katecperez_
veryGood! (5)
Related
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Is your workplace toxic? 'We're a family here,' and other major red flags to watch for
- More young adults are living at home across the U.S. Here's why.
- A Beyoncé fan couldn't fly to a show due to his wheelchair size, so he told TikTok
- Elon Musk's skyrocketing net worth: He's the first person with over $400 billion
- Director of migration drama denounced by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland
- Sabato De Sarno makes much anticipated debut at Gucci under the gaze of stars like Julia Roberts
- Brother of mom accused of killing husband before writing book on grief speaks out
- Finally, good retirement news! Southwest pilots' plan is a bright spot, experts say
- Costco mattresses recalled after hundreds of consumers reported mold growing on them
Ranking
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Here's one potential winner from the UAW strike: Non-union auto workers in the South
- UNGA Briefing: Netanyahu, tuberculosis and what else is going on at the UN
- Jailhouse letter adds wrinkle in case of mom accused of killing husband, then writing kids’ book
- Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
- Director of migration drama denounced by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland
- Back at old job, Anthony Mackie lends star power to New Orleans’ post-Ida roof repair effort
- More young adults are living at home across the U.S. Here's why.
Recommendation
Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
'General Hospital' star John J. York takes hiatus from show for blood, bone marrow disorder
Federal investigators will look into fatal New York crash of a bus carrying high school students
Thousands of teachers protest in Nepal against education bill, shutting schools across the country
The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
A fire at an Iranian defense ministry’s car battery factory has been extinguished, report says
Zendaya Sets the Record Straight on Tom Holland Engagement Rumors
Director of migration drama denounced by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland