Autumn, the beautiful, warm and festive season. As much as spring is definitely the season of rebirth, our social cycles our set in the opposite season. A social consciousness reset, if you will.
I feel with every year gone by I gracefully watch the beautiful display of maple leaves that litter the streets around here in the GTA. That odd smell of wet yard waste and the constant radical waves of moisture in the atmosphere. Though, it is all while I am always at some new stand point, or milestone- reflecting the past and setting my goals. Though the season admirable visually, I recently have been pondering about how our very own social and economic cycles reset, or progress cyclically in this time of year.
We could start with the very preterm social cycle. Kindergarten or preschool.
This September, thousands upon thousands of children will enter their first class room. For them, they are so lost in all the things they don't have to worry about, they don't really take in the full picture, how wonderful and miraculous Autumn is. Though, they will all begin their little journeys of making friends and possibly developing the essential skills one needs to make it through the school system. At this point, most kids will have for the first time, been subjected to a social circle, that has no relation to their parents. For the first time it will be 'just them'. For some their will be the pre class anxiety and the classic
"I don't wanna go!" followed by a full flat on run to the front door with arms spread out and a back pack 10 feet behind. Though what I have eluded to is how it is the first of many Septembers that will resurrect those 'Pre-first day jitters'. Though some will embrace the first day and take full advantage of the not yet cemented bonds that will soon be made.
Now we can flash forward say 10 years or so. Lets just say, one takes those first few destined steps in to high school. Again, the 'pre-class jitters' enclose the anxious ones. The ones who fear discrimination could very well take on a new persona in a desperate attempt at a defense mechanism. And of course, the bonds yet to be made, and those who will exploit the ones void of wit. The ones not quick enough to make a bond, will be dust in the wind and most likely will even be an outcast of the geek squad come mid term. It is essential one prepares them selves, for the cycle moves quick both academically and socially. It is crucial that we bond our selves, find our group, and eventually...Find ones self. Another essential part of the cycle yet not exactly the relevant point.
High school, however is when bolts unlock, hinges creek and doors open up. Our social cycles become more than just friends, they become windows. Windows to the future, windows of what is possible, windows of ideas and windows to unimaginable dreams. In high school, it is upon our discovery of freedom that we begin to discover our selves. Though things have changed drastically, almost to the point, where we our forced to treat 17 year old like 5 year old children, giving lunch time detentions and threatening calls to their parents. Though teen spirit (the ultimate discovery of freedom) enthralls most to act with out regret, essentially making their own decisions. Acting free, with out care for judgment.
It is only years later, that those same grade nines become freshmen once again, though this time they have been permitted by the government as Adults. Again, the same jitters, although again we encounter the room full of open windows some with doors not too far off. As in these final years of your education, your social cycle has now been tightened both in ones personal and academic life.
It is now that I am once again ambushed by all the whirlwind of social cycles that I will endure in this most wonderful season, yet not take it all in to the fullest. Yet I can only drive down the old streets and be reminded of how the social cycle will always keep going. I will elaborate on this more... But I must be honest I am still brainstorming this concept.
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