Being Stupid Sometimes Make You Smarter

There is more to life than just physically growing up; it’s about the experiences we gain from them and how we mature from these experiences. It makes us mature and has definitely taught me a thing or two and what I’ve learnt is, our lives are defined by our choices and the pathways we choose to take. They might be good or they might be bad.

Ask my teachers, friends, coaches, and family, they’ll all tell you that I’m mature. The way I hold myself responsible for my life, my studies, and my activities through the good and bad is a unique quality about me that they admire, but also know little to nothing about.

Young people don’t maintain the same personality, feelings and views throughout their life. At some point in their life, which very often starts during adolescence, they start looking for their true identity. The transition into becoming a more mature person may be very exciting and very uncertain at the same time. It is a process that involves many changes shaped by the family, friends, environment, community and culture. Young people become more independent, dream of living their life the way they always wanted to, they explore the world, look for new possibilities. At the same time they still ponder their personal identity, are vulnerable and easily influenced by others. They take on new responsibilities, face new challenges and make mistakes.

Dobbs explains coming-of-age by describing the scientific background to maturing. … After teens are introduced to other people’s perspectives, their views can be modified or altered: “At some level and at sometimes (and it’s the parent’s to spot when), the teen recognizes that the parent can offer certain kernels of wisdom -- knowledge valued not because it comes from parental authority but because it comes from the parent’s own struggles to learn how the world turns” (Dobbs). Learning other people’s outlooks will extend a teenagers perspective on many different aspects, especially parents because even though teens will not admit it, they respect their parents more than anyone else in the world. Also, once teens realize that there have been people who have been in the same situations they are in, they can worry less about the present and focus on the future. Putting two heads together can lead to great accomplishments; that is why teens look toward their peers for helpful advice about success: teens gravitate toward peers for another, more powerful reasons: to invest in the future rather than the past” (Dobbs). Friends can also have a great impact on the way they make their decisions. The main point is that friends change each other’s opinions all the time. These new opinions that each friend gains can

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again.” -C.S. Lewis. We all have had experiences that bring about growth and maturity; the clear line that separates us from childhood to adulthood. The shift from childhood to adulthood happened for me when I started having my own opinions and my own outlook on life. You can always be traced back into your life, in the events that shaped your perspective of the world.

Through my experiences I have become an empathetic, understanding, and a respectful person. My outlook at life is unconventional, liberal, benevolent, filled with curiosity, and a constant search for beauty in things around me. I am someone who is passionate about making a positive contribution to society. I also dedicate myself to everything and anything I find myself doing.

The teenage years are a very important time in our lives. It is the time when we try new things and figure out who we truly are through these experiences. Although it is a great time, it can also be frustrating. Sometimes we have trouble doing things because we may be the only one who believes in a certain belief, we may want to do something that our parents are strongly against. Although most of the time our parents know what’s best for us and they only tell us not to do some of the things we want because they’re looking out for us, sometimes they are wrong. As we get older, we learn what’s good at not good for ourselves. It’s one of the many things that happen when we start to grow up. This is seen in Alison Smith’s memoir Name All the Animals.

When being a kid you change personalities a lot, but me I have not. I’ve been a ESTJ (extraverted, sensing, thinking, judging) person my whole life. I think being a ESTJ really describes me well. Being a ESTJ means you are a joiner, you also like being the authority, they are very out spoken people too. These things describe me perfectly. I love being in power, I also let people hear what's on my mind. I love joining in on things too.

Friends say I am good willed and trustable — Generous, and kind. I describe myself as childlike, immature, and over sensitive at times. I am fond of riding my bike. Snowy or winter days are my favorite to bike on.

Maturity enables us to handle situations in a confident and sophisticated way. When I was in a gym class as a high school freshman, I was graded on my timed performance on a mile run. For the first few times, I could not run the mile under that time limit and got grades that did not adequately reflect my overall academic abilities. Instead of being saddened by my subpar performance, I acted mature and fixed the problem by rigorously running after school.

that as a young adult, who has not yet fully matured, I certainly understand the desire to

Sarcasm is a verbal remark frequently used for satirical purposes but simultaneously can be hurtful to some individuals who are on the receiving end. While it can be convenient for comical or hurtful reasons, research has shown it can also make a person more creative. This creativity sharpens the mind and can make you ‘smarter.’

Mature adults use knowledge to deal with situations and not rely upon strong emotions. A child will easily blow up when not granted immediate satisfactions like a toy or candy but, as they grow up they can delay that gratification with reasoning and logic. Delayed gratification, self-control and patience all go hand in hand with knowledge because to have all of those things you need to reason with yourself using knowledge such as "I can't eat this donut I am on a diet, but I can have it if I exercise.". When dealing with a difficult situation, a mature adult will calmly assess the situation and use knowledge to deal with it instead of a child or an immature adult who will get angry and shout at not being able to solve the issue. Knowledge goes hand in hand with many other things such as patience, self-control and delayed gratification.

People can exercise muscles. People do that every day; people also eat healthy every day to make their bodies perform better. Richard Friedman, a writer for the New York Times online, believes that people can also exercise their brains or at least slow the deterioration of the brain as people get older. This begs the question: can people get smarter by training their brains? I believe the answer is no, but people can maintain brain functionality as time goes on.

Often times I Have been asked to describe myself with the use of only one word, so if I had to choose only one; it would be different. I have always had a impulse to walk to the beat of my own drum, never having much of a desire to fit in the thick of the masses. Nevertheless, there is much more to my sould than meets ones eye. I have conformed from the diverse amount of individuals whom have motivated me in my life, and together I am made up of many different and diverse layers. Each layer is not a mask, but a distinct and authentic part of me; countless traits converged into one wild and loving personality. Perchance the most characterizing element in my entierty- was my upbringing. My parents and grandparents adequately instilled values into my once ever so blank canvas of a mind, and now, I have established a deeply-rooted moral foundation for myself, today. Which in turn, is most likely why I have almost an immunity to censorship due to having discovered suggestive or explicit concepts such as drugs or violence, only opened my mind to different aspects of a not so beautiful world, but never once did it taint my deeply inbeted values. Having made me aware of the diverse and dark realities in the world, nevertheless discerning the right from the wrong. My principles and values are solid, and I rarely find myself following the ebbs and tides, though not so much that I am alenated, but rather, playing on a different beat, yet in the same harmony.