'Lessons'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Encyclopedia Britannica:
“Adolescence” is a convenient label for the period in the life span between ages 12 and 20 and is roughly equivalent to the term “teens.”
I think the 24 is on the high side for anything other than making excuses for bad behaviour.
Some of the further down definitions at dictionary.com match what I've understood the adolescence range to be.
Webster's:
1 : the state or process of growing up
2 : the period of life from puberty to maturity terminating legally at the age of majority
WordNet / Princeton:
adolescence
n 1: the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
2: in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
Hmm...24 falls into the age range that I will call "stupid kids" if they're acting that way, but adolescence cuts off at around 18 for me.
I'm with Jessica.
Heh. For me, "stupid kids" ends before adolescence does, rapidly changing into "you really should know better by now." But I'm very impatient with the age thing.
"Relive adolescence (the sex part)."
I read that as getting lots of rejection, I can live without the reliving.
The reason adolescence goes up to 24 may relate to the psychology data that shows a lot of people's cookie dough isn't done baking till about that age. Both physically and mentally/emotionally.
The reason it goes as low as 10 is that plenty of girls start their periods by then.
Okay, game time.
You are being held hostage by terrorists. Pick a celebrity to rescue you:
1) Hugh Jackman
2) Clive Owen
3) Viggo Mortensen
4) Michelle Forbes
Clive. He seems smarter than Hugh and more sensible than Viggo.
But any will do, really.