Childhood

Albert Einstein once said, "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent read them more fairy tales." Quite interesting, isn't it? Nowadays, kids are being sent off to these classes, where  apparently they're learning, and have some sort of advantage over every other kid their age. These kids aren't read fairy tales. Fairy tales inculcate imagination. They teach children how to dream. How to believe. How to create. Somewhere along the way, we started thinking that the way to make kids brighter is to put them in finishing schools and things like "Baby Geniuses". You aren't making them brighter, you're taking away their childhood. Childhood is about making mistakes. Making mischief. Finding yourself. Having fun. What finishing school can replace the carefree time spent between classes. Eating junk, laughing, making fun of the teachers. With only two months of school left, I realise how precious these moments are. Soon, I'll be out of school, all my friends scattered all over the place. All of us on different career paths. Finally time to grow up. I'm almost 18 now. It's quite a frightening thought. That I'll officially grow up. Be an adult. Be responsible. Growing up isn't really all it's cranked up to be.