Assignment One

How can growing up be both exciting and painful?


I suppose whether you're a girl or a boy, growing up can be as exciting as it is painful.

For me personally, it's been more exciting than it has painful.

How is it exciting? Well, there are a number of reasons:


1) Growing up comes with privileges, like driving

2) When you’re no longer a minor, there are a number of new things to do (for me, I was most excited to be able to sign for myself and use a debit card)

3) The way you get treated changes, and you earn more respect as you grow and mature

4) More opportunities open up

5) You can get a job!


But of course, good and bad go hand in hand. There are also a number of reasons growing up can be painful:


1) Physically, much is changing, and depending on who you are, the process can be quite uncomfortable

2) As you get older, new responsibilities get put on your shoulders, and they aren’t always very fun (having to pay rent to parents, paying for a car, buying your own groceries, paying bills if you live on your own, etc)

3) Getting older also means not being as “unbreakable” or “rubbery” as you were when you were little


Once again depending on who you are, the good often outweighs the bad as you get older. For me, growing up to be this age has been quite worth it.