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Margaret Mead on stages of life
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It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
美國人類學家，美國現代人類學形成時期的重要學者。1978年逝世後隨即獲授總統自由勛章。1928年出版《薩摩亞人的成年》一書，探討了正值青春期的薩摩亞少女的性和家庭風俗，針砭美國社會對待青少年的方式，轟動一時。在她的觀察中，薩摩亞社會沒有什麼不良青少年，因為薩摩亞人不要求青少年服從任何清規誡律，青少年不必以反抗成規證明自己的存在。
cruel
（adjective 形容詞）
1. 殘忍的；殘酷的；刻薄傷人的
例子：Don't tease him about his weight - it's cruel. 別拿他的體重開玩笑——這樣太刻薄了。
2. 令人痛苦的
例子：His death was a cruel blow. 他的死是個無情的打擊。
arbitrary 任意的；隨機的；隨心所欲的
（adjective 形容詞）
例子：arbitrary decision-making 隨意決策
例子：What guided your choice of destination or was it arbitrary? 你根據甚麼選擇目的地？還是隨意選定的？
