The way the country runs things based on age is, in my opinion, a little off. On my birthday I didn't gain the ability to make more rational decisions than I did when I was 17, yet it is expected of me.

I propose that age doesn't prove how mature or whatnot you are, but one is required to test into adulthood.

This includes:
~Buying tobacco
~Buying alcohol
~Entering certain facilities (titty bars, casinos, etc)
~Obtaining a driver's licese (yes you have to be a certain age and take a test, but who says a 16 year old boy is able to make better decisions than a 13 year old boy?)
~Dropping out of high school
~Getting a job

Am I thinking straight or is this just dumb?

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Maybe if you could take a test or something before you are 18 to prove that you are ready for adulthood.. And if not you get granted these rights at 18 as usual..

Post edited at 10:43 pm on Jan. 7, 2009 by TheHatedOne

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I agree... While I'm only 17, I have friends that are 18 - 19 that are just complete idiots. They make so many stupid and immature choices... I on the other hand have pretty much had to raise myself for years.. Was pretty much forced into early maturity... I'm the youngest and make the best decisions..

Maybe if you could take a test or something before you are 18 to prove that you are ready... for adulthood.. And if not you get granted these rights at 18 as usual..

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That's the thing, you shouldn't be granted rights just because you survived long enough. You should have to prove in some way you know what the fuck you're doing.

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Society is run based on results that are correlated to the things being measured (college entrance tests, grades, etc. correlate with future performance which is why they're used), but not always perfect. Age is just another thing that happens to be correlated to certain other things (decision making skills, etc.) so a test would have to be markedly better than age as a measure in order for it to be viable to test everyone.

That's not to say I wouldn't love to see something like that, but even then it wouldn't completely solve the problem of some people being wrongly assessed (in both directions).

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Maybe all this responsibility is what forces someone at age 18 to become mature. You may not be mature at 18, but you may be ready to accept responsibility, these responsibilities of which are intended to make you more mature. Ya dig? Or am I high?

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