My mom wants me to grow my hair back. Each time i shave it she grimaces and makes funny faces and shakes her head in disappointment. She makes it a point to note how sloppy and ugly i look with my bald head. She says that if i ever decide to do the business i can't have hair like this because it will be taken as a sign of disrespect and immaturity. I kind of agree with her to a little extent but yet i have held back on growing it because i really don't want to. I don't know if this is yet another sign of my immature defiance and inability to accept responsibility but i feel that having a shaved head isn't nearly the worst impression i could give off. I agree that my earrings and baggy pants wouldn't fly so well as a businessman but is having a shaved head really that revolutionary and anti-establishment? My mom's friend says that i have to bang my head against every wall before i will admit failure and that i should just listen to the wisdom of elders. That chafes at me too, the wisdom of elders. I fear one day that i will become an old geezer who dispenses wisdom that is ignored by those younger than me. Is that how i am now? It makes so much logical sense to listen to people with experience yet much of the advice i hear i dismiss as outdated and out of touch with the times. Am i being ignorant and prideful or am i being smart in sticking to my own experiences and opinions?