Are We Really Adults??

For most of us, we have already turned eighteen or will be turning eighteen in the next year or so. But although the period of transition between being a teenager and being an adult is extremely short, the amount of new responsibilities and privelages is enormous. We are able to vote, we have no curfew, and we are no longer necessarily relient on our parents. That is a problem though. Although adults are supposed to be self supporting, there are very few eighteen year old kids that can pay for everything they need. A similar, but less extreme situation is the transition from grade school to high school, something that I and all of my peers have experienced. There are a lot more responsibilites in high school such as better time management and taking initiative more on your own. Teachers are not constantly looking out for you like many are in grade school. Although there is a noticeable difference here, the change between seventeen and eighteen is much more extreme. It is very debatable to whether eighteen year olds are actually adults.