Growing Up
Growing up
One of the scariest things about growing up is realizing how fast it has all gone by. In the first couple of days you slowly start to realize that you are now at the top of the food chain being the oldest in the school. At this point, you look at the younger kids and ask yourself where they all went wrong. You tell yourself that you were never this rude or weird but in reality, you were. Once you start critiquing the younger population you slowly realize that you really are growing up and distancing yourself from the younger group. Not only yourself realize that you are growing up, teachers, parents, and adults in general expect you to think and act more responsibly and be more mature so you can fit in with your new role in society. That’s when you realize the position of young adult is not easy and has many obstacles.
One of the main problems of being a young adult is choosing the career that’s right for you. All your life you thought about what you wanted to be but you never thought about what you needed to do to become what you want to be. The amount of schooling needed for certain professions is crazy. The guidance counselors bombard you with information about colleges, university’s, subject choices and requirements. It’s simply overwhelming, you sort of knew what to expect but when you hear exactly what is needed you become shocked as to how much effort really needs to be put in. This is the first time in your entire life that you start to wish you were back in that ‘young kid’ society with not a care in the world. On top of the stress of having to think about what you want to do for the rest of your life you still have to worry about the work that is being given to you because at this age, our report card marks are crucial. Many of us have part time jobs and do extra curricular sports. That doesn’t give us a lot of time to do anything at all.
The last and arguably the most difficult part of growing up is being
One of the scariest things about growing up is realizing how fast it has all gone by. In the first couple of days you slowly start to realize that you are now at the top of the food chain being the oldest in the school. At this point, you look at the younger kids and ask yourself where they all went wrong. You tell yourself that you were never this rude or weird but in reality, you were. Once you start critiquing the younger population you slowly realize that you really are growing up and distancing yourself from the younger group. Not only yourself realize that you are growing up, teachers, parents, and adults in general expect you to think and act more responsibly and be more mature so you can fit in with your new role in society. That’s when you realize the position of young adult is not easy and has many obstacles.
One of the main problems of being a young adult is choosing the career that’s right for you. All your life you thought about what you wanted to be but you never thought about what you needed to do to become what you want to be. The amount of schooling needed for certain professions is crazy. The guidance counselors bombard you with information about colleges, university’s, subject choices and requirements. It’s simply overwhelming, you sort of knew what to expect but when you hear exactly what is needed you become shocked as to how much effort really needs to be put in. This is the first time in your entire life that you start to wish you were back in that ‘young kid’ society with not a care in the world. On top of the stress of having to think about what you want to do for the rest of your life you still have to worry about the work that is being given to you because at this age, our report card marks are crucial. Many of us have part time jobs and do extra curricular sports. That doesn’t give us a lot of time to do anything at all.
The last and arguably the most difficult part of growing up is being