Week 7
Becoming an Adult
This week I could not help but comment in the topic of "Becoming an Adult", watching teachers pod cast and reviewing some of the articles, along with the text book, I found myself feeling like I was 100yrs old. The fact that people between the ages of 18-25yrs old is now thought to be called "Threshold" period in their lives seems very strange to me until I reflect back on what we have been studying this whole quarter. It seems to me that there is a huge shift in the entire "Lifespan" of people. I really hadn't noticed it so much until we got to this chapter. After reading more about today's generations, I look back and see a trend for sure, it seems to all be building from what we have already been discussing. Ok so now that I feel ancient, I can say that I was one of those people that graduated High School and then got married right away, moved away from home, got a job, and started my family by the time I was 23. Looking at the way we currently look at early adulthood, I can see disadvantages and advantages. The advantage would be that people are able to take their time becoming an adult, going to collage, living at home longer, being able to enjoy the early 20's a bit more and take your time choosing a more meaningful career. The disadvantage in my opinion is that if you start to be more independent earlier in life, you perhaps can get some of the serious "Life" lessons out of the way earlier and learn from mistakes so that by the time you do have a family you are a bit more wiser for it. Also if you start college a bit later, you can actually appreciate it more. I would think that we will be seeing a lot more "Older" parents within a few generations, and me personally am glad my kids are already grown and I still have time to enjoy my own time, but then again that is just my opinion. If I could ask more questions, I guess I would wonder why it is ok for our kids that are only 18 able to go fight for our country, and be held accountable for the lives of others if our culture is moving to a more delayed adulthood? after the readings, I can see how this is a growing trend.
Great blog, first of all I want to say that I happen to be one of those people that took advantage of the early teenage years and the early 20's. Unlike you I didn't graduate high school I decided to act grown early on but I have to admit now that even if I chose to stay in school I wouldn't be so appreciated of it like I am now. In making that choice before I am a bit more wiser I believe.
ReplyDeleteI almost feel like people are not given a choice in today's society but to go to college right out of high school. It is very difficult to find a good job even with a college education. I wish it was a few decades ago. I feel like people could make the choice on starting a family or continuing education, but it seems like if we want to be able to afford anything, including having a child that you will not be able to in less you have a college degree. I know my self that I had my son when I was 25 and could not find a job that would pay for daycare and gas in less I went back to school.
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