yess i completely agree but its lowk scary, im no longer forced to do anything, its kinda sad, takes the fun out of being stupid.
yes you get to be stupid in high school and yes, with more independence comes more responsibility and a need to not be stupid. but i think there are a lot more stupid things to be done still, it's like life is still beginning for you as a baby adult. you live and you learn or whatever
i see becoming older as realising the potential to build whatever kind of a future you want (to some extent, reality is more pessimistic) because when you are younger, parents, teachers, peers etc. have a huge influence on who you are and are a huge driving force in how you lead your life. but at some given point you become too old to let them make every choice for you and you finally get to tap into many possible life decisions that you wouldn't have been able to make if you still had to abide by everyone's expectations.