Rites of Passage

A rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's progress from one status to another. Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as other milestones within puberty, coming of age, marriage and death. Write about any rites of passage that you know about. Have you passed through any your self? What significance do the individual words “rite” and especially “passage” have?

•  I have known and seen the rites of passages mentioned above - puberty, coming of age, marriage, and death. Right now, I am going through the process of puberty. My brother is now meeting his so-called "coming of age". To me, I believe that coming of age means that you are finally going to be independent. So, going to college, as my brother is going to, is counted as his coming of age. I have also seen and attended marriages, and have also been to funerals. 
• The rite of passage that I am going through right now is puberty. Even though my growth spurt has already ended, I am still in this stage because rebelling is also a part of puberty. I think that I am very rebellious - I fight with my parents all the time, I speak to my parents with a bad attitude, and I always go against my parent's wishes. I don't know why, but I tend to fight with my mother about fairness a lot. She always wants me to be an adult and act more mature, but I always argue with her that if she does not treat as adults and give us that responsibility, how are we supposed to act like adults?
• Rite is a traditional ceremony that is carried out by a particular group or society, and here, it represents the ceremony or transition that leads from one thing to another. Passage represents the path that follows the rite.