Talk:Coming of age

In Hispanic culture "La Quinceañera" (The fifteen-year-old one) is the joung girl who turns fifteen, not the celebration itself.Hobbit 16:49, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

gembuku, genbuku, gembaku, and genbaku: I've never seen "fuku" pronounced "baku" (or "haku"); is there confusion with "atomic bomb"?

I've never heard the first two, but they're more plausible.

Move "gembuku" to here?

Somehow, I don't think that the description of the genpuku ceremony is very accurate... Idekii 06:32, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If this page is going to talk about examples from a variety of cultures (which is an excellent idea), then it needs information from a wider variety of backgrounds (which I am not even remotely qualified to add). It's already showing great promise! Aranel 17:40, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

as practiced in the past by all societies - is it true that all socities in the past have had coming-of-age rituals? I find it hard to believe that modern civilization is truely unique in that aspect. Surely there must be some ancient cultures that had no formal rituals?

The differents coming of ages in countries

In some countries, when you come of age (become adult) you must reach a certain age e.g. UK - 18 and the USA 21 (I am unsure about this). I think if this is researched into a lot more, this would prove interesting to read.

The the United Kingdom as well as the United States, when you turn 18 you are legally considered an "adult," independant from your parents or guardians. This is somewhat different from technically "coming of age," as you are only considered an adult "in the eyes of the law." Many people have varying degrees of actual independance from their parents before or after turning 18. For instance, many people live with their parents or depend on their parents for money long after turning 18, while others are independant in every way but legally long before turning 18. In America, the only thing related to "coming of age" and turning 21 is that at the age of 21 you can legally by alcoholic beverges. Scheater5 00:12, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Need a new Islam section

We need to have a new Islam section. I removed the existing one because it appears to be copyrighted. The url of the webpage that is the most likely origin (it appears on multiple sites) is in the edit summary. The text was added in this edit. Someone could also try to get the content released under the GFDL. -- Kjkolb 08:51, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unitarian Universalism Coming of Age

I am suggested that Coming of Age (Unitarian Universalism) be merged into this article because it is only a stub and, because the coming of age rituals in an Unitarian Universalist community are but only one of the many of the verities that exists in the world. Also because its content fits with the overall objective of this article, and I feel it better to have one well written article then two which are lacking in fullness.--Devin Murphy 11:30, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, I don't think that's a good idea. Coming of Age (Unitarian Universalism) is an organized program within the UUA and CUC, and specific enough that the article can probably be expanded significantly. Instead, there should be a section in this article that covers the topic briefly and links to the "Main article", using wikipedia:summary style. — coelacan talk — 22:52, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also think that keeping the two articles separate would be better. The UU programme is notable enough for an article. --Alynna 02:24, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ragging

User:62.150.107.106 added a sizable chunk of unsourced text:

In India, the term for "breaking in" a first year student is "ragging". Ragging, in theory, is supposed to encourage interaction between seniors and the first years through a set of humiliating albeit memorable experiences. Depending on the university, the student undergoes many hilarious experiences like spending a night in a cadaver storage room or measuring the length of a football field with a coin. Yet, unsurprisingly, many seniors have brutally abused this "privilege" and have forced students into leaving college, experiencing severe trauma, and in some cases, suicide. Hence, "ragging" of any kind has been declared illegal in India and comes with rustication and 2-year jail term. Of course, a lot of students do indulge in ragging but the frequency and the severity of the "pranks" have greatly decreased. In turn, this has empowered first year students to make false claims about their seniors causing them a lot of trouble nearly instantaneously. All in all, the move to make ragging illegal has greatly helped thousands of students in India, but at the justifiable loss of camaraderie between juniors and their seniors.

This needs to be sourced and then added back in. — Edward Z. Yang^(Talk) 22:51, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Coming of Age- Literary

The Coming of Age story was mentioned very briefly but should be expanded to an article. In a coming of age story the internal struggle of becoming an adult is explored through a pivotal character, in contrast to a coming of age ritual or ceremony wherein an outside force either marks or somehow magically bestows maturity. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ktobacco (talk • contribs) 14:32, 30 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Universities

In turn this led to bejants being given receipts in Latin. If a bejant failed to produce the receipt, he could be thrown into a fountain. - um I don't get this part at all. Are the two occurences different, since presumably you have a receipt once after being given it? Obscurans 03:59, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]