Many countries consider eighteen-year-olds to be adults, while other countries don’t. What do you think about it? Give your opinion and some relevant examples based on your own experience.

In today's

world

the

age

for

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of

adulthood

varies from one country to another.

while

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While

a number of countries hold eighteen years as the right

age

for

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to

adulthood

, others dispute with

this

. But is

age

the absolute metric to decide

adulthood

? I believe that

age

should not be the only

criterea

a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

criteria

criterion

to label an individual as an adult.

This

essay will

first

analyze

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

analyse

both camps and point out the flaws in the current

age

based systems and later suggest a better

way

to decide

adulthood

.

Firstly

, from a biological perspective development of an individual is heavily dependent on factors like the

diet they

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diet, they

consume and the climate they live in. These factors directly impact the production of testosterone and

estrogen

a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics

oestrogen

, which are two of the major hormones responsible for

adulthood

, in a human being

there by

by that means or because of that

thereby

affecting their mental and physical growth.

For example

, according to a study conducted by

American Health Association

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the American Health Association

a sample of 100 16 year old girls from

texas

the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

Texas

showed the same level of physical and emotional maturity as 18 year olds from 10 other states in the USA, which led to the Texas government reducing the legal

age

of marriage to 16. Unfortunately, the purely

age

based qualification system among countries does not take all these factors into account and

thus

are flawed in a

way

and needs improvement.

However

, a better

way

would be if the governments around the

world

start considering their citizens on an individual basis and not set an

age

for

adulthood

.

For instance

, authorities around the

world

can design a test which would assess an individual's mental and physical maturity level, and label them as adults based on their test scores.

This

would be fruitful to both the society and individuals in numerous ways. To name one benefit, qualified adults will be taking part in voting resulting

in capable

(followed by 'of') lacking capacity or ability

incapable

leaders.

Thus countries

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Thus, countries

around the

world

should not only depend on

age

and follow a more efficient method as mentioned above. To conclude,

age

based systems are not the most optimal

way

to determine

adulthood

and the idea of setting

age

be

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is

it 18 or any number above for

this

cannot be supported.

Thus those

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Thus, those

in charge should move on to new methods like test based systems.