I don't WAAAAANNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAA grow up! Say that in the most petulant tone possible, stomp your feet, and cross your arms. That's how I feel sometimes about ageing, the terrifying prospect of growing up and becoming a Real Person that has a job, retirement account, and a mortgage. In "I Don't Want to Grow Up," Noa Zwinger shares her views on adulthood, or rather how she doesn't want to become an adult. She's serious in school, but silly at home. Noa times her piece well. She progresses from the scared and nervous phase of dreading adulthood to realizing that being an adult doesn't mean that Pokemon, fart jokes, and cartoons are taboo. I thought that "I Don't Want to Grow Up" is a fun piece. It's nothing groundbreaking, but Noa uses lighthearted music in the background to keep the listener engaged and leaves the listener thinking. What kind of adult will I be? What does it mean to be an adult? The kid in me asks: Does adulthood SUCK?
I Don't Want to Grow Up
Sara Zhang
Posted on April 30, 2010 at 09:24 PM
I don't WAAAAANNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAA grow up! Say that in the most petulant tone possible, stomp your feet, and cross your arms. That's how I feel sometimes about ageing, the terrifying prospect of growing up and becoming a Real Person that has a job, retirement account, and a mortgage. In "I Don't Want to Grow Up," Noa Zwinger shares her views on adulthood, or rather how she doesn't want to become an adult. She's serious in school, but silly at home. Noa times her piece well. She progresses from the scared and nervous phase of dreading adulthood to realizing that being an adult doesn't mean that Pokemon, fart jokes, and cartoons are taboo. I thought that "I Don't Want to Grow Up" is a fun piece. It's nothing groundbreaking, but Noa uses lighthearted music in the background to keep the listener engaged and leaves the listener thinking. What kind of adult will I be? What does it mean to be an adult? The kid in me asks: Does adulthood SUCK?