Age
I skipped kindergarten and so, for as long as I can remember, I have grown up with people born the year before me. People who meet me for the first time don't notice until I tell them I'm younger or they hear it from someone else. Some people don't care because they either don't talk to me, or are my friends and get over it. The others, my 'acquaintances', would make a deal out of it. I'd say I get relatively good grades. But after knowing I'm younger, they believe it makes me a lot more intelligent. It really doesn't.
Why is it that we automatically associate someone's age to their maturity? I agree, a 3 month old would most likely be less wise than a 50 year old. But when someone is just a year older, why must we treat them as so much more mature? Why is that a 14 year old is treated so differently from a 15 year old, but we don't see much of a difference between a 25 year old and 26 year old? I understand how the older you are, the more time you've had to grow as a person and experience new things, but I doubt two people who are exactly the same age are as mature as each other. You probably know someone who is older than you, but less mature, anyway.
I try not to tell people how old I am, in fear that they'd assume I'm naive or immature. But I've begun to worry so much about being the age that I am, that I start to deny what comes naturally to me.
I don't tell anyone when I start to like someone as more than a friend because I refuse to be a typical 13 year old. I know that the chance of a 13 year old's relationship lasting more than a month is small. So I refuse to accept how I feel and try to go on with my day. This whole age matter bothers me so much that even though I don't want people to judge me by my age, I've begun to judge myself.
Age confuses me and I don't know what to believe anymore.
Why is it that we automatically associate someone's age to their maturity? I agree, a 3 month old would most likely be less wise than a 50 year old. But when someone is just a year older, why must we treat them as so much more mature? Why is that a 14 year old is treated so differently from a 15 year old, but we don't see much of a difference between a 25 year old and 26 year old? I understand how the older you are, the more time you've had to grow as a person and experience new things, but I doubt two people who are exactly the same age are as mature as each other. You probably know someone who is older than you, but less mature, anyway.
I try not to tell people how old I am, in fear that they'd assume I'm naive or immature. But I've begun to worry so much about being the age that I am, that I start to deny what comes naturally to me.
I don't tell anyone when I start to like someone as more than a friend because I refuse to be a typical 13 year old. I know that the chance of a 13 year old's relationship lasting more than a month is small. So I refuse to accept how I feel and try to go on with my day. This whole age matter bothers me so much that even though I don't want people to judge me by my age, I've begun to judge myself.
Age confuses me and I don't know what to believe anymore.
i can relate to this because most people in my grade at school were born in 1991 or really early 1992; i was born in late 1992 and almost everyone goes "WHAT!?" when i tell them my birth date.
they get all confused because of how i get better grades in my classes and am younger. (i was actually supposed to be born in october & be in one grade lower than i am. but i was born in july; except i'm still younger than most.) age kinda confuses me too...
Kr!sta's Inferno, July 23rd, 2008 at 06:23:31pm
I can really relate to this because I go to school with people born 1993 although I'm born 1994. I agree with Kurtni. And this is a great blog :]
Lissie!, July 21st, 2008 at 02:47:17pm
I don't think age is a reflection of maturity at all, good blog. I think age limits on things like when you can drive or when you can vote are fairly silly. Does being 16 mean you'll be a good driver? No. Does being 18 mean you will be politically mature? Certainly not.
Kurtni, July 20th, 2008 at 03:06:01pm