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I've seen a lot lately the talk of age this and age that.
I wanted to clarify that age is definitely not everything. People believe that age is the key to superiority and that age is what defines and dictates everything. For that I can agree, life is definitely judged on age... but this isn't true in all cases. If life were correct, we would judge on true maturity. Maturity should be the standpoint on how we should view someone.

Just because someone is 21 years old, does not mean that we should instantly assume that this person is an adult with correct decisions and such.

Age can barely define physical maturity as well! I've seen some people 16 years of age and still without a drop of puberty (just a little note).

What do you feel?

In this respect we are all victims of deception.

yes i totally agree with your statement Red2blue but age does go hand and hand with maturity. even though people hit puberty at differnt ages it mostly happens during the teen years. since kids are classified as adults when they are 18 its safe to say that most of them will be mature enough to do the things that adults do.

although i still dont understand how you can serve your country at 18 but drink alchohal at 21....

Im sure that killing someone is just dandy. Its perfectly fine to kill someone at 18...
See, drinking is a bigger issue;;...

I know people who drink still anyway... no harm!

The reason the voting age was lowered to 18 in 1971 was that people found it irrational that they could be drafted and serve in Vietnam against their will, yet they couldn't vote. (Prior to the 26th Amendment the voting age was 21.)

Couldn't have said it better myself

One kid in my 8th grade class drinks. And he hasn't been caught yet .
Age is an illusion based on common perception of maturity based on age.
If that made sense..

Just saying, I agree with you 99%.

Technically drinking is legal if a parent or guardian keeps watch over the child drinking and that it is within a household and is for leisure. Doesn't mean you should pour alcohol down their necks though,.

Age does play a factor in it but you should not base everything on it. I can be mature when I need to be but imature most of the time

No, it's definitely illegal in the United States to give alcohol to anyone under 21, no matter what your relationship is. Some of the traditions, such as a little wine in Christianity's Communion, is not really enforced by the police.

Uhh, duh?
(That was directed to the starter of the topic, not Felagund. -_-)
It's quite obvious that being older does not make you more mature.
I'd like to take a quote for GgG-RuneLesnar, the only people who know him are probably Devilesk and Playar
It's maturity that determines age, not age that determines maturity

So I'm so mature I'm 30?

I shouldn't have done that. Oh whatever..
Since this will print out 'Maturity isn't age and age isn't maturity!' I got my point across.

They are often proportional, but you can't be sure about one based on the other.

Meh, that wasn't what I was trying to say, but whatever.
The quote had more meaning to it than that -_-

I have to agree, but I've been told I was a lot more mature than everybody else when I was ten...

you know why alchohol is only allowed to age 21? its because it can kill. You know in some country people die of excess alchohol, even in US. just because some new student in college was forced to drink alot of strong alchohol, he died, but oh well iam not a alcholic, it tastes bad anyways.
I wasnt really mature till i was like 14.

alchohal can kill people at any age. older people(30+) are not likely to die of alchohal poisoning because they dont party as much.

It's more damaging to the brains of younger people. And they assume that older people will be more responsible with the alcohol.

I wasn't really mature until I joined SEN and stayed here for about a month.

all i do with alchohol is rub alchohol on my pimples when i squeeze it out ( just so it wont get infected )

hahahah you have acne :0

and its not rubbing alchohal(if you digest that stuff im almost certain you will die) its intoxicating alchohal you know beer wine ect.

beer has 4% alchohol in it. If you drink rubbing alchohol you'd die anyways.

Roffles, me too!
Okay, not so much, but I wasn't like I am today.

you're still an adhd so am i. I have to resist being an idiot everyday + i take pills.

I don't take pills anymore though.
I think pills were more for my social life and concentration, not for my maturity. I've always been a mature, responsible and, polite.

Actually, age doesn't matter, it's more a combination of body size, weight and height. That's why they check your Blood Alcohol Percentage. A real big man can have about 5 Rum 151 shots and will then get really drunk, a smaller person will probably need 3.

"Maturity" is a biological term used to define when a person has reached mating stage, which would start at the end of puberty. This term has been wrongfully put to a person's social behavior and it is based on a general social standard.

I've seen 50+ year old people play computer games as much as a 12-15 year old. In no way does this make any one them more or less "mature" for his or her age.

If a what person does all day is flame others, post stupid comments and spam, it does not make him less or more mature than those who follow all the rules. He just tends to have thoughts that lead to those areas.

On the newspaper, I've seen successful businessmen who are the most polite people in their fields, but they act like 12 years olds with their wives. This does not make them less mature, it makes them think that a wive is a maternal object to him.

The current definition to the term "Maturity" or better put, social maturity, would be social politeness. Following all the rules, respecting others and acting in a way expected in the current setting and situation is what makes a person more Socially Polite than others and it does relate to age.

If Social Politeness weren't determined by age, we would see 2 year olds acting like if they were 15+. Not only acting, but doing tasks far too advanced, like doing complex mathematical problems and analizying things. Not even the most intelligent person can do Algebra at an age of 2. Social Politeness does indeed relate to age, but not to a full extent.

In conclusion, we can determine that Age does relate to a certain type of behavior in a human being, but not to full extent. Social Politeness is determined by Age, surrounding people, ambient & atmosphere, past experiences, the ability to control emotions, personality and to a lesser extent, intelligence.

This is why you get your driver's license at 16, vote & drink at 18 and get special licenses at 21. Centuries of Psycological studies have determined that age does indeed relate to maturity, if not, then we would have to take a maturity test to drive, vote and drink.

it means early ages don't have a fully developed brain... however i find that that even adults have defects in their brains.