Having flashbacks to my own teenage angst here. But it strikes me that this personal account by Woes holds true that men have to build there world view/experience whilst women mature into earlier and intuitively.
Perhaps that is why women grow up quicker, the male mind is a continuous project. The emergent teenage mind, quickened by puberty thrashes around trying to discover its place and capacity, its value.
A boys value is unknown and must be built, it is not inherent. The misunderstanding here is teenage Woes that Mrs Morton, all along was providing the whet stone that sharpens his vision. It was an adversity worthwhile and she had the wisdom to provide it. This essay is a very relatable example of the necessary tempering process the teenage boy must go through.
It should cause anyone to reflect upon past toughening lessons.
