Children's Day for the Aged
Last Wednesday was the 23rd of April, International Children's Day.
I was worried whether or not the holiday would include us, the younger dinosaurs, the “aged” kids, but thank God it did cover all the species. Maybe the idea of making it a national holiday for everyone, was so that people could have some spare time to actually watch and learn something from children, what do you think?
If you had the chance to watch TV that day, you would naturally wish you were given money every time you saw a kid performing a different activity. That’s pretty fun to watch if you know what I mean, especially when it is obvious that children find the detailed formalities of adult behavior absolutely stupid. That’s why they’re always more relaxed than we are and act and speak in the way they feel is right.
Children look like they have the ability to go through life from an outer perspective, (the fur of the rabbit), which, as you get older, zooms in automatically to narrow down your view of things, until you can see nothing in the end! This brought to mind a serious concern: I know that everything has to be symbolic, and children don’t always become prime ministers or MP’s like on TV, but that doesn’t stop me from feeling depressed, by reminding me that we are all getting old!
Children seem to have an idea about everything and the belief that they can accomplish whatever they desire to. 18-year-olds earn millions through playing soccer, 16-year-olds have their videoclips and albums, 13-year-olds become Hollywood stars, and 10-year-olds are in the parliament! Don’t think that I’m jealous (lie), but it makes me feel like I totally missed the boat!
Well, happy children’s day, then, although I missed it by six days. Being late almost a week is important, ‘cause that could really make a big difference: children are growing up “everyday”, and, so often, leaving us behind.

Efe Peker (POLS/III)