Do you ever wonder if we actually grow up after kindergarten? I mean, of course we all physically change, however, lately I have noticed that maybe we aren’t that different after all.
Remember in Kindergarten how the class room was always separated by sex? All of the girls would giggle on one side of the rooms as we observed the boys who attempted to show off for us. But then now take my Wellness class. As college freshman you would think that we would be able to successfully integrate, however the boys and girls still sit on the opposite side of the room. Just like the playground.
I have also thought about this concept on a deeper level. And it actually helped me figure out more about where I wanted to go. If you think about it, maybe who we were when we were that young, is still the core of who we are today. But amongst all of the hectic parts of our lives, and through the hussle and bussle of daily living, it’s easy to lose sight of that pure innocent person we once were.
I realized this the summer before last, where I spent a month in Europe hiking. The walking drained the group of students that I was with so much, that as we climbed through the Alps we only had the energy to think to ourselves. And through this time to myself (which was way too much thinking time) I tried to recount for who I was when I was that kindergartener on the playground. I remember that I always loved to explore. I loved adventure and discovering the unknown. And what was I doing at the moment? Exploring. Even though I grew up in an environment where exploration was literally in my back yard, I had never acted upon it and lost sight of that part of myself.
So maybe we all aren’t that different after all. Maybe we should get back to the carefree person on the playground.
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You are right, to an extent. I believe, as well, that many times I catch myself acting how I acted as a small kid. I laugh at stupid humor still, and I would love to drop everything to go "play." As you said, boys are still trying to show off for girls, and we love to find new things, or explore. However, what I do not agree with is how you stated at the end, "Maybe we should get back to the carefree person on the playground." The truth is, if we lost all of our cares, we would lose sight of many of our goals in life.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to lose all of the cares in my life, but that would only be fun for so long. Eventually we would have to go back into the real world and push for success. I would love to be a little kid again, but it just cannot happen.
Last year in my calculus class there was a poster that said "everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten." I looked at that every class and thought about it more and more. I came to agree with the statement after I thought back to what I was taught in kindergarten. Share your toys, clean up after yourself, be kind to others. Lessons like that are the foundation of who we are as people. I don't necessarily think we didn't grow up. It's more that who we were in kindergarten is the core of who we are now.
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