I am looking forward to learning many new things this semester. I enjoy learning and look for opportunities to feed my brain. I want to learn as much as I can about the elder so that I can implement these things as a future Gerontologist. As the good old book says in Proverbs 4:7, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.” Understanding life and the different situations that arise will make things easier and knowing when there is no understanding for certain things is wisdom. The more I learn, the more I will understand and can relate to the elderly population. I want to learn as much “book work “as possible, but I also know that experience is the mother of all teachers. As I view my self-introductory,
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The elderly have so much to offer our society. It is so sad that the western culture is so caught up on youth that we miss our opportunity to have wisdom engraved into our culture. I believe our society is suffering because of it and that things are different in countries where the elderly is treated with respect. I believe our view of the elderly must change especially with the increase of elderly population in the near future. We will have older adults working longer and in our society in general and we cannot treat them with an ageist mentality. We must take this opportunity and make it a time where the old will actually teach the young and get back to a place where the elderly is valued and looked upon and wise and knowledgeable instead of old and …show more content…
I was able to see some clarification about certain beliefs that I did not understand or sadly did not take the time to research before. Hearing something from someone else is very different from doing your own research. I realize that many people are religious, but not spiritual. If we do not take our religion to a spiritual level, we are just following traditions and routines and we will never get to know God on a deeper level. As the bible say in Matthew 15:8, “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” Jesus was answering their questions and he told them they were too busy honoring human rules because the commandments said to honor your father and mother but they said it was okay not to honor their father and mother as long as what they were going to give their mother and father was given to God
The elderly have so much to offer our society. It is so sad that the western culture is so caught up on youth that we miss our opportunity to have wisdom engraved into our culture. I believe our society is suffering because of it and that things are different in countries where the elderly is treated with respect. I believe our view of the elderly must change especially with the increase of elderly population in the near future. We will have older adults working longer and in our society in general and we cannot treat them with an ageist mentality. We must take this opportunity and make it a time where the old will actually teach the young and get back to a place where the elderly is valued and looked upon and wise and knowledgeable instead of old and …show more content…
I was able to see some clarification about certain beliefs that I did not understand or sadly did not take the time to research before. Hearing something from someone else is very different from doing your own research. I realize that many people are religious, but not spiritual. If we do not take our religion to a spiritual level, we are just following traditions and routines and we will never get to know God on a deeper level. As the bible say in Matthew 15:8, “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” Jesus was answering their questions and he told them they were too busy honoring human rules because the commandments said to honor your father and mother but they said it was okay not to honor their father and mother as long as what they were going to give their mother and father was given to God