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Post by Clara Oswald on Oct 3, 2013 16:08:49 GMT
So last night I was having a chat with my workers in the media room here at church (not only am I a teacher here at our private Christian school, but I run the media room for the church that runs our school, broadcasting and recording the services live). We discovered that one young man had never learned to ride a bicycle (he's 14) and this surprised everyone in the room. To many, learning to ride a bike is a rite of passage from being a young child to an older child/pre teen. In the US, a teenager getting their licence is an essential rite of passage to becoming a young adult. So it got me thinking about all my friends here who are across the pond. What are the rites of passage to becoming older or becoming an adult for you guys. I know it's very much an "unwritten thing" and perhaps it different from household to household, but it made me curious.
For me, learning to ride a bike, then later learning to drive a tractor were "rites of passage" into older childhood. Learning to drive a car and getting my licence was a rite of passage into older adolescence. Graduating high school was a rite of passage into young adulthood. Graduating from college was a rite of passage into adulthood Getting married made me a peer with my parents
Thoughts? What things did you have to do to "grow up"
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