Rosie Schaap Response

Rosie Schaap reminisces on wanting to grow up on her podcast episode, aired on “This American Life”. Just like most of us at that age, Schaap is a fifteen year old who is eager to fit in with the adult crowd, and drink with her elders. She realizes that by acting, and dressing older than her age, she can gain some of the Adult’s attention at the Bar Car, so this is what she does. But, after she has spent some time reading Tarot cards, she comes across a man whom she dislikes. When she reads his future, she suddenly realizes that behind the glamour of drinking and smoking there are real life problems that adults have to deal with.

I think we can learn a lot about Schaap from this short episode. Growing up we always want the adults to give us their undivided attention, and we want to be invited to adult functions. But, the way in which Schaap takes a look into the sad and depressed man’s life through the Tarot cards and runs away is why we should wait to grow up – because if we knew what the adults actually discussed we would also run away. This is not to say that all adults are as depressed as this man, but in general, their problems may be out of our grasp at that certain point in time, therefor it may be best to hang out with our own crowd in the meantime.

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