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I think Marian may have hit the nail on the head. I also think, based solely on my experiences with other people's kids, as mine aren't there yet, that this is pretty typical senior year behavior - they seem to have personality transplants and become less agreeable and less likely to do what we want. My best friend, who has just been through senior year with her daughter, says it must be nature's way of making the separation easier. She went from crying at the thought of her daughter going off to college to counting the days when she can push the monster out the door.
I'd just let your D do as she will. She knows what needs to be done and has a good track record in school. I doubt that reading the newspaper over the summer is going to make a lick of difference in her college choices or her life in general.
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