As a teenager, I've learned that we question everything, whether we want to or not. Parents may get upset, but it's a natural part of cognitive development. If you ever talk to an atheist, like myself, and ask them when they "converted", many people our age will say 7th or 8th grade. If your parents ask, which, we all know they will, you now have a valid excuse. According to my psychology textbook, "Psychology and Life", children go through four periods of cognitive growth. I'm pretty sure that I covered part of it a while back. In the 4th stage, known as the formal operational stage, children begin to question everything going on in the world, like their sense of faith, justice, and even what they think of their parents. This gives you the excuse to question them. Oh, by the way-you're still in this stage of formal operations. From the time that we're 12 all the way into death, we're in this stage. While there are other stages of thought as well, we can also go through Maslow's hierarchy of needs too-which puts us teenagers normally within the 3rd level (or, for those of us who aren't actual psychologists, attachment) or on the 4th level(which is pretty much the need for education and learning.) Psychological development is important, and a lot of the time, it has to do with what we as individuals feel.
I feel almost like that was a rant enough.... So, I'm gonna leave it at that's for now, and we can ponder philosophy later. I just have one question- If given the choice between education and military, which do you choose? By the way, there's no in between.
MUSIC
- Can't Find the Words-Karina
- Passion for Publication-Anarbor
- Face Up-LIGHTS
- Leaving-The Starting Line
- All These Things That I've Done-The Killers
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