Sharon' the Tea
By Sharon Kim
By Sharon Kim
After turning 18, I just ask the question: what does being a “legal” adult even do for me? I find the conclusion to be disappointingly underwhelming, which in a way is a relief. I know that statement sounds contradictory, but 18 has really just been my life at 17-years-old, just a weird extended version. In some small thought I believed that an epiphany would just come to me, or someone would knock down my door and have me pay my taxes, but nothing like that ever came.
Maybe it’s because I never got to enjoy four years of my life normally at such pivotal moments. My half-baked eighth grade self was drop kicked into honors physics in my freshman year on WebEx. I never got to properly graduate from eighth grade, then going into freshman year, I didn’t get to experience that welcome rally, the clubs or interacting with any upperclassmen. Only in my senior year has the school really gotten up and running with events, clubs and programs being offered again that I never got the opportunity to take. It’s a sobering thought that through all the years I waited to be here, I feel like I haven’t properly matured and yet here I am, a legal adult.
I really think that the adult age should be reconsidered to be 25, because you are given most of your freedom, independence and rights by then, plus your brain would be fully developed. Is this argument an attempt of me in denial about being considered an adult? Absolutely. But I also just want to let others know to not rush to age. If you weren’t already rushing, good, take your time. Either way, time will pass and if you decide to grow up, it is up to you.
Maybe it’s because I never got to enjoy four years of my life normally at such pivotal moments. My half-baked eighth grade self was drop kicked into honors physics in my freshman year on WebEx. I never got to properly graduate from eighth grade, then going into freshman year, I didn’t get to experience that welcome rally, the clubs or interacting with any upperclassmen. Only in my senior year has the school really gotten up and running with events, clubs and programs being offered again that I never got the opportunity to take. It’s a sobering thought that through all the years I waited to be here, I feel like I haven’t properly matured and yet here I am, a legal adult.
I really think that the adult age should be reconsidered to be 25, because you are given most of your freedom, independence and rights by then, plus your brain would be fully developed. Is this argument an attempt of me in denial about being considered an adult? Absolutely. But I also just want to let others know to not rush to age. If you weren’t already rushing, good, take your time. Either way, time will pass and if you decide to grow up, it is up to you.