Many say age is just a number. Age is calculated by counting the numbers of years, months, and days since birth. Interestingly, if one is born in a leap year, the lucky one gets to celebrate birthday once-in-4-year.
Recent push to impose the age limit to 35-year by the Australian government is shaking the international students indefinitely, one who will pass this age threshold upon completion of the course –who are currently enrolled in different courses in the colleges and universities across Australia. Of course, the main agenda is clear, but – why not 25 years, 27 years, 30 years, 40 years and so on? Why must it be 35 years?
Let me put age factors together as sometimes it can be both a deadly enemy and a worthy opportunity. When we were just born, we were so fragile that we could easily perish soon after birth, because of overwhelming external pressures confronting us. However, despite facing numerous challenges, some of which are daunting and life-threatening, we persevere and transition into subsequent phases of life, only to encounter further hardships.
One of the most controversial, confusing, and complex criminal laws across the world is defining what constitutes rape. In this case, age becomes lethal especially for boys who becomes the victim of so-called rape of someone before the legal age. To be lawfully correct, someone must be above 18 years to engage in a physical relationship with the opposite gender and to start a family. Although different countries have different age limits to start a family, or engage in a relationship, what sadly sometimes turns out bad is for someone who has a physical relationship under guaranteed consent terms that turns out to be a deadly enemy forcing mostly a man to serve prison terms, ruining almost everything including the family and loved life.
The next is when someone so capable can’t make it to some important colleges or universities or training or getting a job just because someone is below or above the required age limit. I have my daughter who missed her enrollment in primary school not even one month for the age limit set as 5 years to become fully eligible. She had to wait for another year, by then she will be 11 months older to her mates. However, not so disappointed, but sometimes age becomes a deterrent.
As we slowly progress from infancy to youth, adulthood, and into the full working years, and then eventually into sixties and beyond, we begin to feel the weight of aging. The whole body gradually loses its vitality, with each part experiencing a sharp decline in function and energy which overly becomes burdensome to behold. This process of aging can feel prodigious, as the body’s ecosystems seem to conspire against us. Personally, I believe that old age brings not only immense challenges for myself but also to my family and community. The fact of living a life, the whole journey is considerably present an emotional contrast between the joys of the past and the hardships of the present.
The journey from adolescence through the aging process brings about a host of changes, from the transition beyond sweet sixteen to the onset of graying hair, the advent of wrinkles and age spots, the onset of joint pains and to receding of forehead hair faster than you think. Alongside these physical transformations come challenges like memory loss, hearing impairments, fading eyesight, and the emotional toll of experiencing various losses. What is this life –that gives a lot, also takes away a lot?
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Life That Gives A Lot, Also Takes Away A Lot
To many aspirants and who are already in –Australia who are currently pursuing studies and contributing to economy by labor and tax, paying of bills and upholding the markets dynamics, have put on hold to think a thousand times after having sacrificed so much physically, mentally, and emotionally far from home and families and now with age cap is pushing dream far to dare. It is with an immense and heavy heart –now time to book a return air ticket. For dreams and sacrifices, like a tsunami, many would return home, perhaps futile in the eyes of family, friends, and colleagues. This is hard to believe but age has turned out to be simply a foe of many.
The age limit spanning from birth to death, encompassing both fond memories and miseries, from time to time, age ceiling can be a deadly enemy to worthy chance, indefinitely. And at present, this issue appears to be profoundly hitting the marrow of many different nationals studying in Australia, who possibly exceed the age threshold of 35 years.
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