{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"52220368","dateCreated":"1332875276","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"volciaks","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/volciaks","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/yalit12.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52220368"},"dateDigested":1532920842,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"what it means to be a young adult","description":"To me, being a young adult is the \u201cmaturation\u201d stage of life where one transitions from childhood to adulthood. Typically, this would lie between the ages of 12 to 23; however, everyone matures at their own rate, so some may enter adulthood earlier than others. I feel one becomes a young adult when they let go of playing and make believe, and start to form their identity. They will begin questioning the world and come to understand concepts such as oppression and injustice. They will also go through an emotional rollercoaster as they encounter a mixture of things they never have experienced before, such as relationships, heartbreak, betrayal, and competition. Young adults will go through depression and anxiety over many different things, such as their appearance, and may even have suicidal thoughts, but will learn to accept their imperfections later in life. They also will begin to form an understanding of their own identity, and make decisions about their future, such as college, or a career. Overall, I feel that all young adults reach a point in their life when they must decide the kind of person they are going to be, whether they are consciously doing this or not. What I mean to say is that a person\u2019s attitude, personality, and the way they treat others is significantly formed during this stage.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52218978","dateCreated":"1332873174","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"jln91996","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jln91996","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/yalit12.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52218978"},"dateDigested":1532920842,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"growing up","description":"I beleive the overall meaning of being a young adult is discovering who you are. As a child, we are mostly conditioned to be the way our parents expect us to be. However, as we approach our teenage years, we begin wondering who it is we each want to be. The creation of one's self identity typically consists of external factors such as parents, siblings, peers, and pop cultural influences. But discovering yourself doesn't mean you sit down and brainstorm who it is you want to be, it is a series of years and events. I believe the most important of these events may actually be the rebel years most teenagers go through. For me personally, I remember the first time I got in serious trouble as a teenager. From that moment on, I became more conscious of wanting to be a "good kid". These learning moments are typically mislabed as acts of rebellion, giving young adults a bad reputatation. Being a young adult is harder than most remember, having the pressure of find your identity amongst your family, peers, and society.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52218686","dateCreated":"1332872753","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"osr36780","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/osr36780","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1327607145\/osr36780-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/yalit12.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52218686"},"dateDigested":1532920842,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Ya","description":"I actually think young adult to me means being a bit older than a lot of the texts we read in class. I still feel like a young adult and am not really sure when I will feel as though I have transitioned out of this period. Also, I am not sure at what age I felt like I became a young adult.
\n What does it mean to be a young adult? Well to me it means being able to make your own decisions but still rely on other adults financially or in some sort of significant way. If it is not financially perhaps it is for things like time management but I guess for both of these things, some even when considered an adult, are not independent.
\n It also means being of or below a certain age that are society deems adulthood; however, this age is probably impossible to pin down due to several different marking points of adulthood (drinking age, voting, tobacco, college graduation, high school graduation etc. etc. etc.)
\n Overall, being a young adult means defining yourself as a young adult, someone who is emerging as something else, not yet settled done -- unless of course your vision of adulthood is to be anything but settled. I am not even sure what my vision of adulthood is either so it is hard to describe my own young adulthood. The meaning of being a young adult is complex to put it briefly.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52218256","dateCreated":"1332872286","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"mkdavis10","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mkdavis10","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/yalit12.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52218256"},"dateDigested":1532920842,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MKDavis Young Adult","description":"I think the idea of a young adult is constantly changing due to different stresses from society. First of all there is the general age group; let\u2019s say approximately 10-18 years old. This is a very broad range that face different issues. What is probably the most prominent is transitioning from the innocence of childhood to the awareness of an adult. This is the time when kids really begin to face issues such as developing in depth personal relationships, whether romantic or otherwise. There is also a social stress on deciding a future. Yes, every child has some idealized version of what they will be when they \u201cgrow up\u201d but this is the age group where it becomes a serious consideration. Along with this future idea, kids start to learn about their identity and who they want to become. This can be a difficult transition as many aspects of their lives may be in conflict with one another.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52218120","dateCreated":"1332872192","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"rachelb462","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rachelb462","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1327605464\/rachelb462-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/yalit12.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52218120"},"dateDigested":1532920842,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Meaning of a YA","description":"To me a young adult means someone who is coming into their own experiences. An individual who is right between a child and an adult. This individual is finding their own identities and maturing into an adult by gaining experiences along the way.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52217934","dateCreated":"1332871990","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"cjc89248","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cjc89248","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/yalit12.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52217934"},"dateDigested":1532920842,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Young Adult","description":"What does it mean to be a young adult?
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\nI still feel like I consider myself to be a young adult. I have a knowledge base and opinions and views of the world, but am still discovering where I fit into the scheme of things. I do not like to claim that I know everything about the world because I know that there is still a lot out there to learn about. When I was younger and just becoming a young adult, I remember feeling like I had the entire world in front of me and was capable of doing anything, but then finding out that I still did not have all of the power that I wished I had. My teenage years was consumed with a lot of trial and error and finding out who I was as a person.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52217890","dateCreated":"1332871959","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"GinaScrafano0316","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/GinaScrafano0316","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/yalit12.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52217890"},"dateDigested":1532920842,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"YA","description":"I think the experience of being a young adult is all about finding yourself. It's the point in the life of an adolescent where you can finally start to make your own choices, form your own beliefs, and decided between things you like and dislike. That being said, it is clearly a vidal part in ones life since arguably, much of what they believe and who they will ultimately be, is shaped during this time.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52217746","dateCreated":"1332871824","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"mas35372","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mas35372","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/yalit12.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52217746"},"dateDigested":1532920842,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Young Adult","description":"Young adulthood is a confusing time when you are trying to discover who you want to be for the rest of your life. For me, it is the time when you begin to slowly take on more responsibility while you still have your parents around for support. You start to form your own opinions about the world. You start to become who you want to be, instead of who others want you to be.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52217652","dateCreated":"1332871741","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"blv68546","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/blv68546","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/yalit12.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52217652"},"dateDigested":1532920842,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Meaning of YA","description":"To me a young adult is someone who is beginning to discover the world and how they are meant to fit in it. There is the internal battle of trying to discover who you are and what you are meant to be. I know this from personal experience and it is also a very common theme within the YAL that we have studied. It is the beginning of trying of take the knowledge you have gained and trying to define things for yourself. It is a period of questioning all the things that you have taken as a given throughout childhood.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"52217552","dateCreated":"1332871680","smartDate":"Mar 27, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"BrittannieLuscavage","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/BrittannieLuscavage","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1348521717\/BrittannieLuscavage-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/yalit12.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/52217552"},"dateDigested":1532920842,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"being a young adult britt luscavage ","description":"Being a young adult means becoming your own person. You are faced with growing up. As a young adult you are going to go through things with friends and in school. The obstacles you face as a young adult will shape the person who you will be. Being a young adult can also be fun. You still have the freedom to do things with little responsibilities. You make choices and have new experiences. Being a young adult is a key point in anyone's life. It's where you find yourself.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}