Word: 20s
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...strive to be appreciated for ourselves. While the previous generation was defined by the saying "Don't trust anyone over 30," ours can be summed up by the motto "Pretend that you are already over 30." People, we're in our early 20s and we already buy into the status quo and dream of owning a split-level home with a two-car garage--no wonder we're unhappy...
...Hollywood, she's popular, she's interesting, and she looked terrific in Playboy," said a woman of 24. "I hope she gets the money." Two men in their 20s, neither of whom appeared to be a genius to begin with, were struck dumb at the sight of Smith. They waited with pen and paper, panting like Labradors...
...these days, observes Arthur Kovacs, a psychologist in Santa Monica, Calif. "There are false career starts," he explains, "trying out relationships, lying fallow between jobs." He suggests that parents try to "accommodate the anxiety" of their kids and keep the stuff until they're in their late 20s--or at least acknowledge their feelings by saying, "I wish I could do this...
...human brain is particularly vulnerable as it develops through childhood and into the teenage years, finally maturing when we reach our 20s. As the brain develops, windows open up and the mind has its best opportunity to acquire knowledge and easily learn new skills, such as speaking a foreign language. If the window closes--either with the normal passage of time or because the brain has been damaged--learning that language can be much harder...
Thorpe too will begin a new life in his 20s, but unlike Billy Madison, he'll do so from a position of strength--probably, almost certainly, as an Olympic great: Thorpedo, the most complete swimmer of all time...