Questions About Old People

1. At what age do people consider themselves "old"?
2. What percentage of old people are sexually active?
3. Do old people feel like they still have a future?
4. What percentage of old people feel like they have something to live for?
5. Is it as easy/convenient to live in this country as an old person, as it is for a youth?
6. Is the process of aging different for women than it is for men?
7. Is aging as psychological as it is physical?
8. Why is it considered "bad" to go old?
9. How is our generation of old people different from past generations?
10. How will we be different as old people than nows generation?
11. How do old people keep themselves occupied?
12. When do family members start to feel that the "old person" in their lives become a burden?
13. Are old people a burden to society?

Old Folks Assignment

A paragraph about your current feelings about old people - how much you interact with folks that are old, some of your experiences and impressions and reactions to old people. How you think of them and how they think of you.

I actually used to be scared of old people. If you ask me I'll deny it but when I was a little kid I used to hold my breath whenever I passed one. My feelings toward old people have definitely changed as I've grown older and more mature. I rarely ever interact with old people but when I do it's usually okay. Old People, no matter who, always tell me how handsome I am. All old people do that. It's like their thing. The only old person i regularly interact with is my Grandma who's 87. She loves to talk on the phone and its nice because she does nothing but compliment me and always wants to hear about me; and of course I love talking about myself. Old people sometimes like me, but I'm not too social when I'm with them because i don't know what they want to talk about, but it can be fun because I sometimes treat it like it's a game. I feel like an asshole when i do it, but it's like they probably won't remember everything you say so I just try to make them laugh and make myself look better and it works a lot of the time. Personally I like old people now. They're funny and most of the times sweet.

Inaugaration Reflection

Tuesday, Jaunuary 20 2009, the new President of the United States of America, and the first black President, was sworn into office, moved into the White House, and began ruling our country. People are already saying that Barack Obama will be the best president ever, and he hasn't even been in office for more than 24 hours. I stayed home to watch the Inaugaration, because I really wanted to be able to tell my kids, and my grand kids about this very important part of history. Even though I technically wasn't there, i still wanted to be a part of it. So i stayed home and started watching chanel 4, msnbc at about 10 am. There was so much music, cheering, so many things to see. As soon as the announcments started, I honestly felt like it was my duty as an American to watch this. so I watched it from 10 to about 3. The speeches, the actual swearing in. I didn't get bored for one second. it was all history. I think that this whole ceremony has alot to say about how to live a good and meaningful life. The way the Obama is so calm and collected. Whether he's giving his speech, or just sitting and listening to music. Also the rags to riches story. How he came from segregation, single mother childhood, being poor, and now he has the most important job in all of America.

Folk Culture Holiday Analysis

Mothers Day. Almost everybody celebrates it at one time in their life, because almost everybody has a mother. The messages that Mother's day send to America is that you should value your mother, for at least one day a year. It's when people do for their mother, what their mother has done for them most of their lives. You take them out for dinner, dress nicely, basically be super nice to them all day. Anyone who breaks that code has no respect for their mother, unless their mother was a complete ass hole to them growing up. One contradictory message within the holiday is that you only do this 1 day a year, when your mother did it for you your whole childhood. I think there should be a mothers week at least.

Winter Break Assignment

During this past winter break I did a lot of things, but none of them terribly important or meaningful. A few people from my extended family came in to visit: my two aunts, my uncle, and my cousin. My Aunt is the type who loves to spoil you and do anything for you when she comes in because she thinks it makes up for her not being there all the time so that was pretty fun having her wait on me hand and foot. Not to mention the fact that she is really fun to hang out with. One day after she left my cousin came into town, so i had no time to sleep. Now my cousin is the exact opposite. He thinks he's G because he's the only kid in his town who actually does anything bad, so when ever he comes through we do what he wants. It's fun though because he always puts us through some sort of adventure.

Corporate messages like to show that family is meaningful but nothing really meaningful happened while they were in.

On New Years, my two friends David and Val, my cousin, and I went to see the ball drop in times square and follow the New Years trend if you know what i mean. So that was a pretty fun night. As we were watching the ball drop we all sub-consciously were holding on to each other, as if going into the New Year together. I thought that was really cool. That was probably the most meaningful thing i did all Winter Break.

My dad would like for me to add that another meaningful thing that happened was that we wanted to stay out later that we were already out (1 A.M) and my parents wanted us to come home. He thinks thats a sign of me growing independent.

Wal-Mart Stampede Reaction

To be honest, I was very disturbed that this could actually happen, but it didn't surprise me too much.

Buy Nothing Day Reflection

When we had been talking about Black Friday in Andy's class, it really made me think.