Maturity...when does it really happen?

[SickbyDefinition]

But are we really describing ourselves properly as human beings, as living, thinking, feeling, comprehending beings, if we always state how we "act"? So is everything just a performance based on what we are taught by our elders as we grow, and how we are influenced socially by our peers in all settings?
I am obviously using a particular definition of the word "act" here, but all the same. Are we truly ourselves if we are always "acting"?

You are warping the meaning of act into something more or less like pretend. This was not the way I intended it to be interpreted.

I am not always acting, so I would say I am myself. By describing how I act, I describe not how I pretend throughout the day, but what my actions are.

[Arathorn136]

You are warping the meaning of act into something more or less like pretend. This was not the way I intended it to be interpreted.

I am not always acting, so I would say I am myself. By describing how I act, I describe not how I pretend throughout the day, but what my actions are.

I know it was not necessarily the way you intended, but I am merely providing another view point on the matter. What I am trying to get to is that in my opinion I think we need to coin a better term for use when we describe our behavior. Maybe I just said it there. "Behave" might be a better term than "act" when we describe our "actions", despite the fact that "act" is the root word of "action".
It just depends on how you look at it. I also probably depends on the depth of one's knowledge of the English language, which may sway one to comprehend a sentence or phrase differently than one who does not have a strong of a grasp of the language.

[Mati2]

It just depends on how you look at it. I also probably depends on the depth of one's knowledge of the English language, which may sway one to comprehend a sentence or phrase differently than one who does not have a strong of a grasp of the language.

Deliberately misinterpreting people's sentences really doesn't make your grasp of the language seem any better. It just seems rude.

Because the OED is mega cool:

Act: An Etymology

Latin root: actum Things done.
agere To set in motion, urge chase. From Greek: agein.
Later: actum, acte: Play

14c: "A Thing Done" from Old French acte (English meaning)

Theatrical, circa 1510: "part of a play."

In the English language, "set in motion", "behavior", "Things done" supersedes play-acting for the meaning of the word act.

[SickbyDefinition]

I know it was not necessarily the way you intended, but I am merely providing another view point on the matter. What I am trying to get to is that in my opinion I think we need to coin a better term for use when we describe our behavior. Maybe I just said it there. "Behave" might be a better term than "act" when we describe our "actions", despite the fact that "act" is the root word of "action".
It just depends on how you look at it. I also probably depends on the depth of one's knowledge of the English language, which may sway one to comprehend a sentence or phrase differently than one who does not have a strong of a grasp of the language.

The two words are one in the same. I think my statement was quite clear.
However, I'm not sure why you haves changed the topic from the meaning of the word maturity to the meaning of the word act. Let's stay on topic please.

Deliberately misinterpreting people's sentences really doesn't make your grasp of the language seem any better. It just seems rude.

Perhaps interpretation also has to do with maturity.

[Baldyhun]

Interpretation and how you interpret interpretation ( sounds weird ) is a big part of maturity, anything can be immature if looked at in a certain way.

[Deathslayr]

I was about to say anything can be looked at as mature if looked at in a certain way. But that's not true. What you say Baldy is true, within reason.

[Incendiu]

Maturity in my opinion isnt something that comes, it is something that is built on. No matter your age you are constantly maturing to different levels. To say that one is mature is inaccurate in my opinion, because it sounds as if the have reached the absolute height of maturing.

[Baldyhun]

Agreed though death, anything if looked by the right person, can be looked upon as mature or immature.

[Arathorn136]

Deliberately misinterpreting people's sentences really doesn't make your grasp of the language seem any better. It just seems rude.

Because the OED is mega cool:

Act: An Etymology

Latin root: actum Things done.
agere To set in motion, urge chase. From Greek: agein.
Later: actum, acte: Play

14c: "A Thing Done" from Old French acte (English meaning)

Theatrical, circa 1510: "part of a play."

In the English language, "set in motion", "behavior", "Things done" supersedes play-acting for the meaning of the word act.

I wasn't trying to make a specific point about anyone in particular, nor say that my grasp of the English language is better than anyone else's. I was merely stating that if you don't know the language as well, it would cause you to have a different perspective of things, causing the way you express something to be different also.
For example, if a Japanese person that didn't know much of the English language heard a word that they only know one definition of (yet, say there were a few definitions of the said word), it would cause their interpretation of it to be different as they can't put the word into context as well.
It's just a perspective that I hardly expect any of you to follow.

The two words are one in the same. I think my statement was quite clear.
However, I'm not sure why you haves changed the topic from the meaning of the word maturity to the meaning of the word act. Let's stay on topic please.



Perhaps interpretation also has to do with maturity.

Perhaps it does, yet when one is mature they ought to have the ability to interpret something a multitude of different ways, making them more wise than one who is narrow-minded and can't view things from another's shoes.

[Nesterus]