<p>Nope, I’m pretty comfortable with my age. Course I’m one of the youngest of all my friends, but I’m probably one of the most mature. Yes, I still feel like I’m like 15 but I was 15 2 months ago. I think I’ll be okay with my age until I become like 29 or something. I don’t want to turn into an old asian lady The inevitable is inevitable though, I’m sure I’ll accept it as it gets nearer.</p>
<p>What I do get freaked out about it other people’s ages. My best friend is turning 18 this year (yes, old for being a junior lol). ***. That’s an adult. My best friend will be an adult, a legal adult by the end of this year. She’ll be able to vote. Whattttttttt. The 18 y/os and like 20 y/os I know don’t even seem like adults. So weird.</p>
<p>They’re an excuse to make a huge deal, to have a day where all the attention is on you. They’re days for all your friends to lavish you with cake and candy and gifts that you don’t really want but will keep in your room anyway gathering dust because you just can’t bring yourself to throw them away.</p>
<p>Given all that, I still find myself caring less and less as the years go on. It might have something to do with the fact that when I turned 15, I was in the throes of a major emo phase where I stayed up all night writing poetry about the miasma surrounding me.</p>
<p>I was thinking about that the other day. I clicked on some Olympian’s Wikipedia page and saw she was younger then I was. Made me want to throw up. People, esp. your parents always say “You can do whatever you put your mind to, you’re amazing.” Of course, they’re biased, but there seems to be a general belief that every road is still open to you when you’re our age. But they’re not. If we haven’t already started, none of us will ever be in performance-based careers for which one must train. And those decisions weren’t even made by us, at least not in an informed manner. We just weren’t born near an awesome swimming center, our our parents never thought to put us in gymnastics, our little 4 year old versions of us quit singing before we really knew what we were losing. </p>
<p>I’m glad American HS don’t make students start to specialize, and that we have such a wide undergraduate education, even if that means our studies lack some depth. Paths are kept open for us.</p>
<p>ahhh I kinda feel old (15), even though I hang out with people that are older than me (at school). I also hang out with younger than me (at tennis)… so it kinda evens out Once I hit 20’s I think that I’ll think I’m old.</p>
<p>^^ I completely agree. I go to a school that used to do British A-Levels, which basically prep you for the 3-year university system, where you have to go in with a major that’s pretty difficult to change. I’m so glad we do the IB now, because even though some people complain about the breadth of the curriculum, it’s good for indecisive people like me.</p>
<p>It’s odd acknowledging that I’m going to be 18 this year. I still have about 9 months to savor being 17 though. In the end, youth doesn’t last long. It’s one of those aspects of life that is never fully appreciated until its departure.</p>
<p>I don’t know the sophmores and freshmen at my school much so I just field like I’m way too old even though I’m only 17. I find that more depressing than having to worry about graduating this year.</p>
<p>“I wish I was 10 again. I was the smartest kid in school.”</p>
<p>right?! me, too. i definitely got dumber as the years went on 0_o</p>
<p>so, my 18th birthday is in exactly one week. i hate my own birthdays, though. i always get so introspective & try to reflect on all of the stuff i have done in the past year, which usually is not much…it’s, like, depressing :\ & it just hit me a few weeks ago that i would be <em>legal</em> in just a short while. like, when the hell did that happen?! lol. it’s funny, i still sort of feel like a freshman at my school, instead of a senior : P</p>
<p>I’m 16 and till recently (before I used to get upset about it) my mom used to say that 16 is “the most beautiful time of your life”. I don’t want it to be! I don’t want THIS to be my most beautiful self. I’m not usually this emo lol today is a special occasion.</p>
<p>It always hits me how old I am when I fill out all my own medical forms and pay with my own credit card and stuff. I couldn’t buy my meds a year ago, but now no one can buy them for me. It’s weird.</p>
<p>i’m 16 but a senior, so i guess i do feel young relative to classmates. the number doesn’t really mean anything. </p>
<p>i’d only want to be older to avoid annoying age restrictions, but otherwise yeah, i do pine to be younger. i miss being chronically curious and passionate about life, instead of being tired and studying for hours and hours without end. oh, to be four again.</p>
The inevitable is inevitable though, I’m sure I’ll accept it as it gets nearer.</p>
Once I hit 20’s I think that I’ll think I’m old.</p>