When you're 18 - you're considered an adult. It's the LEGAL age to purchase tobacco, enter an adult video store and even fight in a flipping war. You can work, rent a hotel, rent an apartment, buy a house, open a credit card in your name, take out a loan, open a savings acoount... BUT - You're still not an adult.
At the age of 21 - you're considered an adult. You can drink alcohol. (Whoo-hoo.) Yep, you can legally choose to participate in an activity that puts thousands of people at risk every year.... but, you're still not an adult.
And when you're 24, you are magically responsible enough to take out student loans on your own even if Mommy and Daddy haven't been feeding you for the past 8 years, let alone paying for your education. Hell, if a 20-23 year old is struggling to the point of needing financial aid in the first place, is living on his or her own, has a job and no criminal record, AND is trying to further their education by taking undergraduate classes, why in the HELL can't they secure their own student loans?
At least when you hit 24, you're "LEGALLY" an adult.
Oh, wait. Most places still won't let you rent a car until you're 25.
It's a good thing I don't smoke anymore. :-)
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