Speech On Becoming An Adult

“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire other,” says Virginia Woolf, an English writer. Growing up is preordained. Everyone grows up. When do we grow up? Perhaps, after we graduate school, maybe after our first love, or maybe after our marriage or maybe after the birth of our first kid. It primarily depends on how one looks at it, but irrespective of what we consider the right time or the right situation to be “grown-ups”, we cannot help but admit that it is that moment in time where innocence vanishes. As children, we dream of growing up, getting a job, getting married, living happily but on the contrary it is quite different, we find that reality is completely opposite. More often than we wish, we were still children,

Being an adult is the number one thing that children want to be: The desire to get older to do things that you want when you want and having no one say otherwise. However, what is an adult? An ambiguous term that really falls into the hands of the individual, where at Sixteen you can drive, eighteen you can vote, and twenty-one you can drink, for those in the USA, all varying ages that individuals could use as indications of adulthood. Robin Heinig wrote and article “What is it about 20- somethings?” where she discusses Arnett’s proposal about a new developmental stage, “Emerging Adulthood”. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, an American professor in psychology, believes that we aren 't entering adulthood till the later portions of our twenties. For some, this may be true but for the general population including myself I find this hard to believe. Leo Hendry’s article, “How universal is emerging adulthood? An empirical example”, on emerging adulthood gives a deeper understanding to what this generation 's kids are going through. The late teens are a crucial part to the lives of a young adult. It 's the time that we spend trying to identify ourselves, escape the circumstance that we are put into at a younger age, or just had a better family income. Arnett is not wrong, but all other external factors need to be accounted for before we know, or even consider if emerging adulthood is a new developmental stage.

“You’re going to have to grow up sometime” something my mother still says to me now, even having turned 21 this year. I feel grown up simply because of my age but am I truly? Sure, the exciting times of living on your own, staying up as late as you want, and voting would qualify you as a grown up but honestly being an adult can be a bit of a bummer sometimes. Responsibilities, jobs, and bills; they’re all inevitable. However, we are fortunate enough to experience nostalgia or remember ‘the good old days’, reminiscing on events that remind us of childhood, a time when you hardly had to worry about anything other than your mom finding out that you got your brand new pants dirty after she told you not to wear them outside to play. But it’s hard

There are many factors that constitute being an adult. An adult is much more than turning the age of 18. The definition in the dictionary states an adult means being completely grown: fully developed and mature. I think there is much more that defines an adult. In the United States an adult is considered to be someone who takes responsibility of themselves and their actions. An adult has stability in their life and is able to take care of themselves physically, mentally, financially and emotionally. In other countries and cultures there definition of an adult differs.

A quote often used by the older adults and said to the younger adults,“When you become a teenager, you step onto a bridge. You may already be on it. The opposite shore is adulthood. Childhood lies behind. The bridge is made of wood. As you cross, it burns behind you” (Gail Carson Levine, Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly). A person is an adult and no longer a child when he or she is responsible for their actions. Even when they are responsible are they truly mucher? There is no telling whether a person is an adult at 18 or 21, it's no one's chose but your brains.

One colloquy used every day is the word maturity. In addition, it’s a word commonly used as a synonym for adults, and an antonym for adolescents. Adults, in adults’, eyes regard themselves as the kings and queens who apprehend all. Furthermore, adults peg adolescents as humans who have some psychological disorder, were they can’t seem to do anything right. Nevertheless, adults can’t scope with how inaccurate their assumptions are. Specifically, they do not recognize humans don’t have to be over the age of twenty in order to be a mature. Though time does help with maturity, it isn’t the key factor. Therefore, maturity is something earned, not something given with age.

A controversial issue that we have come upon are the arbitrary age boundaries that have been placed upon teens and their abilities. Maturity is something that most adults think teens are not capable of representing because they are going thru a phase and they are trying to find out who they are but in reality we are trying to construct ourselves. Many adults have subsequently asked teens “What do you know?”(Simmonds). In their perspective we are seen as children that cannot distinguish the right from the wrong as “mature” adults do. What truly makes us mature? At what age are we wisely acknowledged? Although the legal age of adulthood in this country is a controversial issue, the current system in place for determining the age of responsibility

There is a time where everyone has to stop being a kid and grow up to become an adult. It is different for all depending on many things; such as culture, how you were raised, the environment you lived around, and when you want to actually grow up and become something of yourself. For Indians cultures, it might be you have to go own a journey of some sort, Africans you might have to go kill a lion, for most Americans it is going off to college. At least for me, it’s going off to college. You face many things when in college that will prepare you for the rest of your life. College is a “trial” for adulthood.

Who would have known when you actually turn 18, you aren't actually grown up. It takes time to really become an adult. You need to experience the “ real” world first . Only through the experiences of life will you truly consider yourself to be an adult. This was the case for Jeanine Michaels , a teacher at Buchtel High School.

Every year many high school seniors graduate and most of them go to college to continue their education. At their age they are already given so many responsibilities under the law and some would even say that they are already considered as adults. There are some high school seniors that are already working at this age while going to school at the same time. Some students take honors, advance placement, and college classes to help them in college. But there are some that still gets in trouble and still come in late for school. So what makes someone adult? Is it some kind of biological phenomenon or some kind of psychological phenomenon that constitutes whether someone is considered an adult? A high school senior has a lot of ups and downs characteristics that makes it difficult to decide whether they really fit the definition of an adult.

I'm going to be twenty-three in February, and only one more left I'm until twenty-four and then my brain will be completely developed, I can go into high-end strip clubs and be able to insure a Lamborghini plus my insurance should be at its lowest. Not that I plan on ever going into a strip-club or wanting a Lamborghini I have other things on my mind. Today I've decided to talk about adulthood and growing up in general. I don't see myself by any stretch as an adult because all my life I've envisioned adults as super intelligent human beings. A transformation that would allow foresight, judgement, decision-making, multi-tasking, and the end to assholes everywhere. What a fantasy I was living in, instead you're thrown, cradled or never make

1. I believe the signs of reaching adulthood is having full independence. An adult is responsible, mature, and competent. I became an adult in my second year of university, when I was 19. The past couple of years I have been living on my own and paying for school and living expenses; which is a sign of independence. I have many responsibilities, such as a job, weekly volunteering, and school work. I have also became a more family orientated person, on the weekend instead of partying with my friends, I enjoy spending time with my family.

The topic of when children and teenagers should be considered adults is very controversial, and has always been. However, the answer seems to be clear when you look at how the human body develops and the changes it goes through; one is an adult once the body, especially the brain, is finished going through the major developments of puberty and early years.

The transition to adulthood always seemed to be some momentous or celebratory event; something everyone should be able to look forward to. Oftentimes though, reality is considerably different than what we perceive. I matured into an adult far more as a 15-year-old in the second semester of my freshman year.

There are five key features that characterize emerging adulthood. The first s identity exploration. The second is “Instability.” For many the instability is a result of residential changes such as living in a dorm. There is also instability in friendships, romantic relationships, academia, and work. Emerging adults have few obligations, responsibilities, and commitments. Because they have so much autonomy in controlling their own lives the third key feature is “Self-Focused.” One of the most difficult