‘It is as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world…’ The meaning of this statement is quite obvious. In simple terms, as we grow up, we lose the ability to think about our world.
I believe this is untrue. As we grow, some people still wonder; and on the other hand, some do not. I trust that as we grow, the ability to wonder is there. It’s just that some people decide to neglect it because they have crawled too deeply into ‘the rabbits’ fur’. The ability is still present, however not showing. Its just like being 'rusty' in a game of basketball because you haven't played the game for so long.
Despite the fact that many people argue that as we grow up, we become ‘busier’ and therefore have less time to think about ‘pointless’ matters such as this. However, no matter how busy a person is, there is always spare time. Always. Do we decide to use that time to explore our ‘faculty of wonder’ is up to us.
I use myself as an example. I remember clearly in primary 6. How I would waste my time ‘lonerized’ in school. What I would do was think about the most things. Anything at all; ‘what is the meaning of life’ for example. Up until this day, I still have no answer (obviously). However, I still think about it whenever I have the time.
I think that age is not the problem; whether or not we decide to use our ‘faculty of wonder’ is the problem.
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Who argues "the meaning of life" to be 'pointless'?
The assignment also asks for the reasoning behind an Adults lack of wondering. Why DO you believe we do not explore our 'faculty of wonder'?
Towards the end, you have steered the whole topic away from the assignment. It asks you to say why people 'seem' to lose their faculty of wonder as they age. Age is a major factor yet you say 'it is not the problem'
i agree with what you say, people do not lose the ability to wonder they simply choose not to.
I disagree with anita jay above, I do not think age is a major facor in why people seem to lose their faculty of wonder. It is the fact that we do not have suffcient time to let ourselves to wonder. Some adults I believe dedicate themselves to wonder about the world, therefore I do not think age is a major factor.
i agree with what clara said as to how age is not a major factor and we get the choice to choose if we want to wonder about the world. However, sometimes we dont get the chance to do so even if we wanted to because we become so preoccupied with other things in life.
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