I haven't been an adult for very long, but if there's one thing I enjoy it's being treated like the intelligent human being that I am.
Seriously, there's nothing I hate more than being stereotyped, and as a teenager it was terrible. Which I guess answers why I'm on the Internet so much, because people are less likely to make assumptions so readily due to anonymity. When I was still in high school, struggling to get by, teachers would always look down at me and assume the worst; it pissed me off, especially when depression started to kick in. Go on kids, try telling your English teacher that the reason you didn't turn in your essay was because you lack the motivation and couldn't even bring yourself to get out of bed that day, see how that works out for you. None of the teachers at my school really understood, because apparently depression is just an excuse? I wish.
I'm just so glad most of that crap is over now. As much as the responsibility of being grown up stresses me out, I vastly prefer it over being stereotyped by every adult I meet. The only problem is that I look younger than I actually am, so I still experience some of that crap every now and again, but thankfully not as often as in high school.