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Term Maturity

Class Form of Mentality

Characteristics -Definition -Intelligence -Self Secure -Open Minded

-Rough Draft

Maturity has commonly been defined as "adulthood, the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed" yet others have simply defined it as "state of being mature; full development". Maturity at least in a cognitive sense does not only rely on ones age but largely on intelligence, being self secure, and keeping an open minded. Please try to not be confused. Intelligence is not strictly based on ones knowledge, but on ones reasoning, understanding, and ones aptitude for grasping truths, relationships, facts and meanings. You must feel safe and secure in your skin and overall content. Mature people are open minded, they are open to other opinions and are generally open to another way of doing things.

-Revised

Maturity has commonly been defined as "adulthood, the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed" yet others have simply defined it as "state of being mature; full development". Maturity, at least in a cognitive sense, does not only rely on ones age, but largely on intelligence, being self secure, and keeping an open minded. Intelligence is not strictly based on knowledge, but on reasoning, understanding, and aptitude for grasping truths, relationships, facts and meanings. You must feel safe and secure in your skin and overall content. Mature people are open minded, they are open to other opinions and are generally open to another way of doing things.

The everyday meaning of who is mature, or what is mature, seems to vary on who you ask. When this question is posed to "baby-boomers", my manager for instance, He would say that, " A mature person is someone that you can count on, is rarely late, and doesn't make excuses, they are responsible and care about of the general good for their common man." And if you asked my mother should say that, "A person that's mature is smart enough to stay above the mob, they are responsible, intelligent, and put first things first." She yelled as I departed, "A mob is stupid, but a person is wise." Interesting enough, some the response given by people of my age weren't all that different and some of the things were. Some of things said were, "taking care of yourself in terms of keeping yourself fresh, not being a little A-hole, not being immature, not telling immature jokes, and few other things/activities." It's ever apparent that "Maturity" is a word that is defined, redefined, then defined again and again throughout American, and, honestly, throughout civilization in general. It's not a topic with out controversy however. Maturity, being such a dynamic state, their are things that people may try to substitute for it, for example, the common substitution of lust for love. Society likes to substitute drugs, alcohol, and irresponsibility, not to say that mature people are without theses characteristics.

Maturity is open, maturity is accepting, maturity is self-confident. Maturity is something we all have our definition for. To say that one persons definition is better, or worse than another is an arrogant thing to say. The definition of maturity is something that is changing, given the dynamic of the word, and will continue to change.

I think you chose an interesting topic and have a unique perspective. Honestly, I would take out the second person point of view if I were you. I like how you write it as though it's your personal odyssey to figure out what maturity is. I adore your opening paragraph, except for the part where you say "Please try not to be confused" and whenever you used one's. The last two sentences of the third paragraph confuse me a little bit. The beginning of your essay is my favorite because your voice sounds very strong and definite. I'd love to see more of that in your last paragraph.--e.f.