| 18 November 2010
I’m 12 years old now and am getting bored. I already want to be 13!... AND I’m already thinking of what I want to do on my13th birthday and that’s 8 MONTHS away! I think that there are good and not-so-good things about growing up! In fact I spend a lot of the time arguing with myself… One minute I WANT to be ALREADY grown up, the next… I JUST want to stay being a kid, running around in the yard getting mud between my toes. ARRRRGH!
Things like getting my nose or belly button pierced are apparently “totally inappropriate for my age” or as my dad said “getting your belly button pierced is nothing like getting your ears pierced”, I said “why?”, “because it doesn’t draw attention to here …it draws attention to HERE” , “but it’s so pretty”, “not until your 16 at least, end of discussion!”… “fine!”
Not so good points about growing up fast is having more responsibilities like ….MORE homework, MORE chores and people treating you like an adult - like complaining about things that are ONLY interesting to THEM . Mum says to enjoy being a kid and to not rush growing up! Dad says to focus on now not TWO YEARS in the future!
TV influences people to want to grow up too fast, too! Another influence is siblings. Of course if my big sister is allowed up till midnight on the weekend, I’ll be allowed …AND if she is allowed to get her nose pierced I’ll be allowed, TOO! …Right? WRONG!
I don’t know WHY I want to be a teenager so soon… because when I see photos of me when I was a toddler, I miss it so much. I think I looked so small and cute! It was so good that I could get away with almost anything …I could blow raspberries at people and they would just smile.
I could MAKE UP JOKES that made NO SENSE WHATSOEVER and people would laugh at them anyway. Just between you and me, I used to love jumping on the trampoline naked under the sprinkler…I could copy or imitate adults and they would NOT think I was being RUDE…but clever!
I could be WHOEVER I wanted to be… everyday! One day I even wore my superwoman cape (which was just a big piece of pink velvet), my mum’s chunky heel boots which were way too big, my black leotard, a black mask I had made… and my pink Power Puff Girl knickers on the OUTSIDE…This would be fine to run around the house in….but I wore this … to Tweed Mall!!
Yep I did that. I actually thought I was superwoman! Do you think I could get away with that now? I don’t think so. I think I’d look like a total fruitcake!!
Then again, IMAGINE driving your friends around in a CAR! Spending all that MONEY you’ve made in your part-time job on WHATEVER you LIKE!
BUT HOLD ON A MINUTE… I DON’T want to pay my own BILLS… What if I have a car accident… and I don’t like WORKING… I just like the MONEY!!
Come to think of it, I’m growing a little every day! Hang on a second; it feels like yesterday that I was looking forward to Year 6! I guess I’ll just have to go with the flow…
Chairperson, Aria Llord, Yr 6, Murwilllumbah Primary School 2009
