Go out get a job get a house and start a family. Don’t wait or your gonna end up living with your parents! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n It’s harder than I thought<\/b> <\/p>\n\n- Emotions make yourself weak and in life only the strong remain. <\/li>\n
- I consider one person to be an adult. Wow, pretty exclusive club.<\/i> <\/li>\n
- To be a great adult you should try to resemble Jerry Seinfeld. Is that the one person?<\/i> <\/li>\n
- When I think of the word adult, I think of people like my Dad, my Mom, my teachers, and random parents I know. Like, a lottery?<\/i> <\/li>\n
- A adult should have a decent car like a shiney<\/span> Corvette with shiney<\/span> wheels. <\/li>\n
- Being grown up is very rare and you might only see it a few times in your life. […] Being [an adult] requires “the look.” When you look into an adult’s eyes and see wariness, regret, stern impassiveness, but most of all, intelligence. <\/li>\n
- Believe in your yes and the Believing will make it happen, make you a good leader. Okay, you lost me at the “Believe in your yes” part.<\/i> <\/li>\n
- You need to be social to have friends and have fun as an adult. Instead of “cowering” in a dark corner of your high school reunion. <\/li>\n
- You can dive<\/span> to and from work. <\/li>\n
- You have to pay the morgue<\/span>. <\/li>\n
- … independent, responsible, and always goes beyond what he can do. He takes on more than he can handle?<\/i> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Tautology corner<\/b> <\/p>\n\n- An easy way to tell if someone’s an adult is to see how mature they are. <\/li>\n
- When you are a child, you have just about no maturity. <\/li>\n
- There are numerous reasons why I believe the starting of college is the point you enter college. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Assorted commentary<\/b> <\/p>\n\n- Finally, you have to be patient as an adult, because you might have kids you might not, but they are always everywhere. <\/li>\n
- Parents are adults, clowns are adults, the ice cream man is an adult, most teachers are adults, and even teachers are adults…. Adults seem to be completely ubiquitous. About as ubiquitous as children, apparently.<\/i> <\/li>\n
- I think that every adult should have a job that gives descent<\/span> money. How about moral decay money? Can I get that, too?<\/i> <\/li>\n
- When teenagers think “adult” most picture a grown up human being that can vote and drink alcohol until they puke. I’m having second thoughts on that moral decay money.<\/i> <\/li>\n
- Most adults fly off the handle at kids who are obnoxious or at their stupid boss at their stupid work. Having issues, are we?<\/i> <\/li>\n
- It would be hard to live in a world with immature adults. Yet somehow we manage.<\/i> <\/li>\n
- … kids can get away with mistakes, because they’re seen as little dogs who don’t know any better. <\/li>\n
- I’d like to live a low-stress life for a few more years before society demands my presence. Enjoy your doghood for a little while longer.<\/i> <\/li>\n
- If I am angry at someone or something, she is always by my side ready to fight. Is this an adult or an anime character?<\/i> <\/li>\n
- Without responsibilities, adults would be just like kids but much taller. <\/li>\n
- Some people have all the experience in the world, but they have never analized<\/span> it. Anal-ization\n sounds painful.<\/i> <\/li>\n
- Do you want to know what an adult is? Well, I hope so, ‘Cause you’re about to find out! <\/li>\n
- Now we’re getting off topic so let’s wrap this up. <\/li>\n
- There are probly<\/span> more things to being an adult but what do I know I just trying to get passed<\/span> 8th grade. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Misspelling corner.<\/b> I’ve included more context; that may make the game a bit easier. <\/p>\n\n- She [Mom] also runs a house with no hunban<\/span> on the weekdays. <\/li>\n
- The thing I don’t like is the chorse<\/span> that she makes me do. <\/li>\n
- … doing buiesness<\/span> 24\/7. <\/li>\n
- The Maturatity<\/span> of Friendship <\/li>\n
- … a great person that reflex<\/span> what a real adult should be like. <\/li>\n
- You need responsibleaty<\/span> to cope with the basicks<\/span> of every day<\/span> adulthood. <\/li>\n
- There are also some fisual<\/span> singhs<\/span> of adults. <\/li>\n
- Thoughs<\/span> people have the maturity of an eighth grader. <\/li>\n
- So the next generation has the change<\/span> to become a secseder<\/span> in life. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And just so you won’t think all eighth graders are terrible writers: <\/p>\n
\n- The truth of it all is your house is the central gravitational force, pulling bits of your life together. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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