The Developmental Stages Of Life - 1516 Words

I have learned a lot from taking this class. The biggest point I learned was probably all the developmental stages in life. It helped me to realize where I am in life and where I am headed. I also learned a lot about what seems to be the ideal age. Before this class, I never realized how prevalent ageism was in the media and in my everyday life. I feel that this class has helped me to be less judgmental to people of all age groups because I learned about the challenges they face. At this point in my life I would say that I am in the emerging adulthood stage, which is where I should be. As a child, I thought that at this age I would be more in the early adulthood stage, living on my own, going to school, and paying for my own things and†¦show more content†¦Society puts pressure on teens to grow up and decide what they want to do with their life, which is another factor that causes this identity crisis. Before this class, I thought that the ideal age was 18, and just finishing high school. I believed this because I felt that being 18 and out of high school was the last time I would be having fun with all of my friends together before everyone went to college, which I think is a common belief. This has changed because since then I realized I am actually closer with my friends because we don’t see each other everyday as we used to when we were in high school. Now I would say that the ideal age is 19 or 20, because I am learning more things I enjoy, and am developing closer relationships with friends. I feel that I have established my identity, and since I am almost 20, I am approaching the intimacy versus isolation stage, where I will either seek out another person to share my life with, or become lonely and isolated. To me, ageism is any type of discrimination towards a certain age group, and placing stereotypes that people should act a certain way because of their age. Age stereotyping was not something I was aware of before I took this class, but now I realize that I have stereotyped people based on their age a few times. A stereotype I had