This is SO creepy. Me and Silver predicted over the phone that your next entry would be about the subject of maturity O_o (Yes, we secretly fangirl about you behind your back
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Ahh, not necessarily. Making informed decisions tends to apply logic that we are either raised with or learned on a more practical scale through experience or through the experiences of others that we listen to
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Whew. I thought you might take that fangirled part as us being stalkers. We're not stalkers, we swear! (Okay. That's a lie. I'm a bit of a stalker. I have a bad habit of tracking people's actions on the Internet on various web sites. But no worries, you're not the only on being semi-stalked! XD Hope that doesn't disturb you too much.)
I guess you're right- There's a pretty blurred line between maturity and immaturity (though I suppose some people stay on the immaturity side for a bit too long than is healthy or socially accepted (*cough* most teenagers *cough*). Thanks for the encouragement... I kinda needed that, after- um, some recent events.
Bah. I'm 20 and live with my folks. And their not rushing me out the door, either. But I define myself as mature in some ways and immature in others
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I think that your level of maturity will take you far. Your ability to compromise and take constructive criticism is very rare among a lot of people as they grow older when bad habits are formed. Being able to bend and work out through a situation offers a level of sensitivity that is often lost among those of us that become too arrogant to think that there is anything wrong
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I'm too shy. lol ^.^; I can remember being in sixth grade(The last year I was in public school) and getting excited over something and telling my friends and this one girl who liked to pick on me would shoot me down every single time no matter what I was telling them. She liked to pretend she was more mature than the rest of us and back then I believed it. It made me feel very stupid when she'd correct me. At this point I've come to realize I was actualy the one who was right in a lot of those situations. But my shyness combined with the fact that she was incredibly popular for being labled "mature" had made me back down every time.
Now I realize that people labled her as mature simply because of her dress-style and her love life. In reality she was incredibly immature for looking down on everyone around her and often bullying others into agreeing with her.
I guess when your younger and still learning a lot of things, it can sometimes be harder to figure out what "Being Mature" really means... Which just makes it all the more
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Also, I just want to say that I need to thank you for posting so many things like this. These discussions make me feel really good inside. ^__^ I guess cuz I can give my view without being rudely corrected. lol (Correction I can take, but when someone gets REALLY rude I often revert back to my shell to hide and meekly appologize. When I say something stupid your very nice about it. XD)
Oh gosh, there are a lot of them and it comes in waves at times. Thank you for reading. I'm a student of human behavior and as you can see, my journal is full of observations and encounters I come across.
Eventually, I would like to touch on other subjects like performances I have seen and the movement of why we are drawn to watch them even if these performances are a train wreck.
That sounds fascinating! Sort of like a theory behind rubbernecking XD? It's something that I've always wondered about, but never put too much though into. Either way, can't wait to read what you write next!
Ooh! Nosiness! I did an entry prior that touched on gossip but I can't remember exactly where at this time. I'm being a bit lazy to look.
Yes, rubbernecking is a problem when self-esteem is so fragile to those that are being stared. Thank you for the idea. I'll certainly look into this and give you an observation in a few days. With New Year's just a few hours away, I'm sure there will be a lot of that going on.
Wow you certainly have posted some really good topics lately. I never really thought that much about maturity myself and I probably should put more thought into it. I certainly think I am mature in some areas and immature in others like MOG. There are times that I can be mature and others that I can be immature. I certainly do not like criticism but does that make me immature? I do not think so. I think how one handles criticism is what makes them mature or immature. You do not have to like it but if you still listen and try to correct the thing you are being criticized about then that is maturity
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Exactly. It's how we live that determines maturity and not the property we own or what we have. Sure they add to the happiness to a state of mind but it is not a defining factor maturity
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Hahaha. ^__^ That'd totaly be me if I went to college. I'd have all of them piled in my bed and probaly sleep UNDER the pile. XD (As it is I have about thirty of them in the bed with me every night now despite having room up top for them.)
I never let anyone tell me stuffed animals are for kids though. It's the one critisism I take with a grin and don't let it change me. Tee hee~!
I think it's great to still be able to be yourself and not allow outside influences force you to be something your not. That's what being an individual is all about.
Judge me by my size, do you?10frozenheavensJanuary 8 2010, 20:54:29 UTC
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This is a very interesting topic, Purpion. All societies seem to have different criteria for maturity, but all of them seem to have a lot in common. It seems to me that there is a lot of tacit knowledge as to what explicitly defines maturity in many cultures - for an exact definition has never been reached.
Take me, for example. I live the life of an adult. I have my own place, my own job, and I have responsibilities that surpasses that of even the average adult. If I didn't have the maturity to handle all of these things, I'd be a wash-out. No one dares to call me immature, but that's only those who know me. Those who don't automatically presume to think I'm just a kid... which I'm not.
Re: Judge me by my size, do you?purpionJanuary 9 2010, 08:47:14 UTC
You bring up a valid point. There are some cultures that marry their children young in which upon is considered normal by their standards. It matters very little if there is any responsibility to be learned instead they view maturity in the physical sense. It would be simpler to think that we mature physically which would make us appear mature without learning what makes one mature instead, such as learning responsibility or becoming academically wise.
Academics do not add to maturity but instead add to our knowledge base. It is the wisdom gained through experience that adds to our maturity, I would think. Other things should be taken into consideration as well but that would have to be an entirely separate matter.
Re: Judge me by my size, do you?10frozenheavensJanuary 9 2010, 16:51:48 UTC
Marrying children young doesn't necessarily mean that the children are more mature. They are pressured into being more mature, and thus are forced to grow up faster. This fact is usually what sparks debate on how low the marrying age should be legally
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Re: Judge me by my size, do you?purpionJanuary 10 2010, 03:58:48 UTC
Of course not. If marriage, academics, and pressure were to create better members to a society, we would be in a Utopia by now. The whole idea of the marrying age debate is often what sparks the differences in familial cultural beliefs and most often, social standards. There are too many invisible lines drawn when the population grows and breaks off into other subcultures
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I guess you're right- There's a pretty blurred line between maturity and immaturity (though I suppose some people stay on the immaturity side for a bit too long than is healthy or socially accepted (*cough* most teenagers *cough*). Thanks for the encouragement... I kinda needed that, after- um, some recent events.
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Now I realize that people labled her as mature simply because of her dress-style and her love life. In reality she was incredibly immature for looking down on everyone around her and often bullying others into agreeing with her.
I guess when your younger and still learning a lot of things, it can sometimes be harder to figure out what "Being Mature" really means... Which just makes it all the more ( ... )
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Eventually, I would like to touch on other subjects like performances I have seen and the movement of why we are drawn to watch them even if these performances are a train wreck.
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Ooh! Nosiness! I did an entry prior that touched on gossip but I can't remember exactly where at this time. I'm being a bit lazy to look.
Yes, rubbernecking is a problem when self-esteem is so fragile to those that are being stared. Thank you for the idea. I'll certainly look into this and give you an observation in a few days. With New Year's just a few hours away, I'm sure there will be a lot of that going on.
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I never let anyone tell me stuffed animals are for kids though. It's the one critisism I take with a grin and don't let it change me. Tee hee~!
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This is a very interesting topic, Purpion. All societies seem to have different criteria for maturity, but all of them seem to have a lot in common. It seems to me that there is a lot of tacit knowledge as to what explicitly defines maturity in many cultures - for an exact definition has never been reached.
Take me, for example. I live the life of an adult. I have my own place, my own job, and I have responsibilities that surpasses that of even the average adult. If I didn't have the maturity to handle all of these things, I'd be a wash-out. No one dares to call me immature, but that's only those who know me. Those who don't automatically presume to think I'm just a kid... which I'm not.
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Academics do not add to maturity but instead add to our knowledge base. It is the wisdom gained through experience that adds to our maturity, I would think. Other things should be taken into consideration as well but that would have to be an entirely separate matter.
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