I’ve never thought that absolute age is very good measure of… well… anything except your age. But it does have the advantage that it’s very simple, very quick, and not really subject to argument (well, not REASONABLY subject to argument anyway). Most situations have some flex about age, though. Ted’s picked three that mostly don’t. I do think you can enlist a year younger with parental permission. Used to be like that, anyway. But school things: Adjustable. Legal adult for some things? Adjustable. Drivers license? Adjustable.
And yeah, tried as an adult: Possible. And quite possibly fair.
I’ve never thought that absolute age is very good measure of… well… anything except your age. But it does have the advantage that it’s very simple, very quick, and not really subject to argument (well, not REASONABLY subject to argument anyway). Most situations have some flex about age, though. Ted’s picked three that mostly don’t. I do think you can enlist a year younger with parental permission. Used to be like that, anyway. But school things: Adjustable. Legal adult for some things? Adjustable. Drivers license? Adjustable.
And yeah, tried as an adult: Possible. And quite possibly fair.