This past Monday I spoke at my High School's Career Day. I did not accept willingly and I still blame my friend for convincing me to do it (that is what you get for carpooling with someone in the Alumni office). Anyway, I digress. The first thing that I noticed was that all high school students look about 10 years old. The next thing I took note of was how SHORT the girl's uniform skirts were. And when asked what they would like to do when they graduate college, they looked at me as if I had just asked them to solve the financial crisis. It finally clicked. These kids were looking at me as an ADULT and I was looking at them as CHILDREN. That was it. My age hit me like a truck and I realized that I do not relate to these kids anymore than their parents do.
Dammit, I have grown up.
And all I wanted to yell when pulling out of the parking lot was "SLOW DOWN!"
