Thursday, January 26, 2006
It is only today that I realize what maturity actually means. This evening on the train I was talking to mh about it; I realized he was giving quite a different point of view of what maturity is.....
To be mature means to be more accomodating, show care and concern for others and therefore portray a grown-up, "I'm ok-myself-I-can-help-you-still" image. To be mature means no more of those whinies, self-centredness and one does have the ability to judge iffy situations and react in a rather politically correct and more importantly, sensible way. To be mature means to have reasonable EQ for your age. And to be mature is to be inevitably impressive to those younger than you in age or thought, and some might even take you as an idol in their tinny littl' worlds.
Prior to this, me in my tinny littl' world have been quite impressed by a certain well-known local blogger. I thought she was being matured when she showed an abundance of intelligence in her blog, lashing out at different groups of people in a humorous way. It was mh who had me realize that what she is doing may not be very sensible as she may offend these people.
But shouldn't a freelance blogger have the prerogative to make any comment about the society, as long as he or she feels that certain groups of people should be criticized or applauded? What has happened to freedom of speech in our society then? No, the point is, you are free to make any comment ONLY WHEN YOU DO IT IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. Our society does not allow you to say whatever you like without making sure what you say is really correct and truthful.
Also, her tone in her blog keeps raising awareness that her intelligence is by far one of the greatest in this society. This, together with the strategically-inserted offensive remarks,only serves as a means of putting herself in the limelight of controversy, and therefore allowing her to get the attention that she wanted. Is this maturity? No. Is this being smart? Yes, but here, this definitely has no linear relationship with the level of maturity that I have been talking about. So hmmm, final conclusion, you can be super smart but this does not mean that you are of adequate maturity,k ?
So perhaps this answered my questions.
Posted by charles at 11:47 PM