A part of this week's text that I wasnted to blog about specifically was the fact that "the brain's frontal lobes will continue to develop until about age 25."
The reason I wanted to blog about this individual fact was because I want everyone to think about it for a while. Consider this: If our brain's are not fully developed until age 25, why are we considered adults, and allowed to make adult decisions at 18? If we are not at our stage of complete competency and understanding, why are 18 year olds tried as adults in court? Why is it legal to potentially damage your brain with alcohol after age 21? Is it smart for some high schoolers to make life decisions, such as go to college or work, when their brains have not reached full maturity?
I don't think so.
I think that this issue needs to be considered a bit more. If the driving license age were a bit older (not 25, but not 16) would there be less accidents due to better decision making?
I'd really appreciate some feedback on this blog. I could be completely wrong; I just simply found the whole thing interesting.
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I think it has something to do with the age 25 is pretty late in our lives to just start to be an adult. I think also that they want us to experience things and then later when we are 25 then we know more things and then when our brains are fully developed they have more info or experience to learn from. I'm not really sure so maybe not go by what I say. :)
ReplyDeleteI believe that 18 is a good age to start being an adult. I mean we have so much to experience in life. Who wants to wait until their 25 to get out and see the would. I am glad I have to make my own decisions. I means yea it is understandable that some decisions are hard at times but at least I can learn from my mistakes.
ReplyDeleteI think it depends on the person and their level of maturity. Sometimes a 16 year old act more like an adult than a 21 year old. 25 is about the time when most people finish college and have a steady career after that, so that may be why they consider the age 25 to be an adult. Honestly, I don’t know exactly why they would think that 25 is an adult, but I agree that that is a little old to considered an adult. If 25 is what you consider an adult, then why is 18 also considered an adult? I’m with you on this one Hannah; I don’t think it’s fair for someone who is 18 to be tried as an adult when 25 is considered to be the actual time we become adults.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Hannah, if it's proven that our brain isn't fully developed until 25 then why can we be considered adults? But as for making decisions, like college next year, I think that is more based upon what you want to do in your life, and what we have been tought in school thus far, and it might not be a completely 'adult' decision. I thought that part of the chapter was confusing... but would you really want to stay in high school until you're 25?
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