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We’ve heard it before --we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents -- children

and teenagers today are growing up too fast. There are not too many people that will  36 with that statement. Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early  37 . In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules are as  38  as those of an adult’s.

I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in companies in which I was working with adults. I have had to learn to think and  39  like an adult to be taken  40  . So, I count myself as one who has grown up too fast. I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting（反思）on the  41  eighteen years-- thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what  42  I have yet to achieve.

We are expected to work hard, get excellent  43 , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do  44 . The list goes on and on. But the  45  is clear: We live in a society today that is  46  our childhood. We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy-free. We are expected to  47  the strict school rules and to excel（擅长）in everything we do.

I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they  48  me. But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a  49  lesson, taught me by my boss for whom I work. We had finished a job at a remote site. It was about 11:30 at night, and we had gone back to his house. We were talking about the  50  he had been making to his home. One of the things he said was “I  51  my basketball hoop（篮圈）.” Then he threw a basketball to me.

I hadn’t  52  a basketball in five years.

We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 40 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time  53  heartily like children. Then I realized something: I am still a child. Oh, the law  54  I’m an adult. But, we are still really and truly children. We all need to have  55  once in a while.