no organic chemistry wisdom today
Today, in midst of an introductory lecture, Professor Hardinger asked the class (approximately 250 people), “How many of you consider yourselves adults?”
Three, maybe four, hands went up. He questioned them, “Are you sure?”
All I could think was, “When can I consider myself an adult? What makes an adult?” At ten I thought that at sixteen I would be fully capable of making my own decisions. At sixteen I thought the moment I turned eighteen some kind of maturing wisdom would settle on me. Now, at nineteen, living away from my family, surely I must be an adult. I have to take care of myself and be responsible for the consequences of my actions…but somehow I still don’t see myself as an adult, regardless of how capable I may be at making responsible choices.
Somehow I don’t think finally making it into the adult family Christmas gift exchange this year makes me an adult either.
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