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| Heck, even kids in college aren't mature without real life experiences | 7 | |
| Many adults aren't mature - they're just better at hiding it | 23 |
As I don't know any high school kids at all, I can only go by my observations of the majority of the of the posts from them on here, and if they are any indication, then the answer would have to be a resounding yes.
How many posts have we read about how "my life is over", "I'm a failure", "I have never had a gf/bf" and my absolute favorite, "I stay in my room and I haven't any friends", on IIN?
OK, I admit, the future may look pretty bleak to these kids, but come on, they haven't grown up under the treat of nuclear annihilation, have they?
They seem totally uninterested in national or world events; hell, many don't seem to have any interest in ANYTHING.
More than ever before, the world is tied together, and what happens in a small country like Syria can have repercussions that affect even some high school student in Podunk, Iowa.
We grew up thinking the world owed us an opportunity to wake up the next day, but these kids seem to think the world owes them what all previous generations have had to work for.
I actually would say no. I believe that if you treat a person with disrespect then you'll get the same treatment back. That's actually what I see a lot with adults, they assume that all young people are pot smoking underachievers who only care about themselves. When in actuality you can't judge all young people to be that way. I'm not saying that some of us aren't like that, I'm saying you can't label every young person that way. Honestly try treating a millennial with some decency and respect and I have a good feeling that they'll show it right back. Also don't assume we're all stupid just because we're having fun, sometimes the kid smoking pot is really just taking a break from his physics homework and ten paged paper.
It's kind of funny how there's this thinking, or perception that adults are intrinsically more mature than high schoolers, or people within that age range.
Funny how you look at some adults; people in their 30's, 40's and so on that are absolutely immature. They feel entitled, they are rude...basically exuding everything an immature person would. Yet at the same time, you see these seniors in high school, or what have you, and they are ready to become adults and enter the working world and are actually quite mature.
What I'm essentially saying is that this way of thinking doesn't always apply. Do I think that there are plenty of immature high schoolers? Absolutely. But it's not always the case and even sometimes, it's reversed.
Immature people are immature. Nobody is immature solely because of their age.
In general no they are not. Age 14(like cartoons are sweet and innocent/Christian/into sports) 15(start dating) 16(snobby chicks that think they are hot getting pregnant/the dads usually ran off wouldn't raise the kid) 17(Ready to graduate hating school) and 18(only care about sex, getting laid and will step on anyone even their best mate if it got them some sex). From what I see it usually goes like this. Least how it was every school I ever went to.
This wasn't my experience at all.
Age 13-15 - insecure, pubescent, horny, still cares about childish things but aspires to seem older, tries to rebel, emotionally turbulent (hormones), still hugely reliant on parental support
Age 16-18 - less insecure, close to end of puberty, interested in alcohol, less obsessed with sex, more emotionally balanced. Reliant on parental support, but less so.
Age 19-21 - mostly secure, fully developed, sexual appetite strong but less intense than it was, emotionally stable, much closer to full independence.
How old are you, if you don't mind me asking?
Well I went to Multiple schools. Im in my 20s. I could have gone all the way back to age 6 but I decided to just stick with 14-18.
Age 6-10 seemed to be goody goody and scared to get in trouble. Things were so much more peaceful that way. When smoking pot, getting suspended, carrying liquor and getting laid wasn't so important.
Age 13-15 seemed to have been the years where people were more tolerable.
Being goody goody and scared to get in trouble =/= mature, though.
Usually you're following the rules because you know so little about the world, you have no real understanding of anything really, your parents' word is gospel. Right and wrong is black and white and whatever you've been told to do or not to do.
The older you get, the more you understand about the world, the more you realise how right and wrong isn't black and white, it's grey. You realise that not everybody in a position of authority deserves to be there. You realise not everything your parents say is true, or correct.
Yes, sex usually means more to a 15 year old than a 5 year old. But Dora The Explorer means more to a 5 year old than a 15 year old. Different stages of life, different passions and urges.
Young kids do what they're told - not because they have a developed understanding of morality and their position in society, but because they are reliant upon and subservient to their parents.
Teenagers / adults do what they're told - not because they are reliant upon and subservient to their parents, but because they have a developed understanding of morality and their position in society.
A kid isn't more mature than a teenager just because they follow rules, don't care about getting laid, smoking pot or having babies.
Maturity is more to do with the reasons behind actions, not the actions themselves.
I think it varies person to person. Hell I'm 21 and I'm immature seriously my life is a joke
Maturity is defined by how well one handles and grows from situational information.
When I was young, I felt that teenagers were poor at this. I had older friends, thinking it would be different. I was wrong. I realized early in my life that most people handle their lives selfishly and impulsively. They look at others like 'you're not good enough for ____' for whatever shallow reason they muster up. With attitudes like this, you will not be allowed to fully mature. It's too superficial to allow such depth.
Therefore, teenagers and adults both are immature.
Up to a point, the younger you are, the more naive you are, the more emotionally insecure you are, the less independent you are.
High schoolers are generally more immature than those who have left high school and been to college or worked a real job. But they are generally more mature than kids younger than that. It's all relative.