The AM conspiracy, maturity

[Tabouli]

Rita (from main list):
> Good morning! (It's 1:51pm my time and I got up half an hour ago. How 
wonderful it is not to have children or a second job.)

That's the way Rita: as I often observe, the world is run according to a morning person conspiracy.  I detest the 9 to 5 work day, especially the 9 part.  If forced to kick-start myself by then I run on autopilot until my brain joins me around 11.  OTOH, I am in fine form between about 8pm and 2am.  It's oppression!  Evening people of the world, unite!

katzefan (from main list):
> Unfortunately, an awful lot of adults *do* behave as childishly as children - and with far less excuse. 

Here's an OT musing: what do you people see as the Age Of Reason?  What is this thing called maturity, and when does it strike?  At what age does the youth excuse cease to apply?   At what age do people start thinking like "adults", and what does this mean?  Are there a series of ages by which people tend to be at certain life stages??

Piaget ended his theory at age 12 (formal operations), the Reflective Judgment Theory claims people can't reason in a fully "adult" fashion until 25-26 (I was mightily insulted when I read about this for the first time, aged 22!), and not always then, depending on life experience.  Many women I know declare sniffily that there are extreme gender differences in the age of maturity (no prizes for guessing in which direction!).

OK all you parents and school teachers out there... tell all!  (and yeah, yeah, individuals differ vastly, you can give absolute minimum ages and averages if you like)

Tabouli.


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