1. What are some of the official definitions of 'health'?
2. How many people are officially 'mentally ill' in the U.S. and what does that mean?
3. What are some of the common suggestions in responding to emotional difficulties?
4. Why is it harder to learn a new language after the age of 15?
5. Does eating carrots help your eye sight?
6.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
My own living funeral
I wouldn’t want to organize my own living funeral because I don’t want to tell people how to remember me. I rather have my family and friends put it together so I can see how much I mean to them and what difference I made to their lives. I feel like after death a person is remember in a unique way with every person.
I think having a living funeral would be a good idea because at times I don’t feel appreciated by those I hold high in my life. I would be curious to see how my death would affect them.
I think having a living funeral would be a good idea because at times I don’t feel appreciated by those I hold high in my life. I would be curious to see how my death would affect them.
Animal essay
“Humans” do not understand that we are also animals. We try to separate ourselves from that category. For some reason it is looked upon with negativity but the truth is that if we recognize our bodies to be animally, we can live a more meaningful life.
As mentioned in class today the rate of depression in our country is high. Depression is mental and as it grows it becomes physical. Most depressed people can not function on a day to day base. They rather stay isolated in bed. People, who do YOGA how ever, enter a peaceful mindset as they move and hold awkward positions with their bodies.
I believe that we are born with the instincts of being animals but as we grow older the freedom is taken away from us and we become these robotic figures in society. When we enter school in pre-k and kinder-garden, we have play time. We physically interact with the other kids. Then we are offered nap time where we rest out bodies. But as we do more years of schooling, we become these caged animals, taught how to follow rules. We are order to do homework or else we get bad grades and then looked upon as failures. School doesn’t measures ones intelligence but their obedience.
**ANDY ITS NOT DONE BUT I HAD TO POST SOME SO YOU CAN SEE IM DOING IT!
As mentioned in class today the rate of depression in our country is high. Depression is mental and as it grows it becomes physical. Most depressed people can not function on a day to day base. They rather stay isolated in bed. People, who do YOGA how ever, enter a peaceful mindset as they move and hold awkward positions with their bodies.
I believe that we are born with the instincts of being animals but as we grow older the freedom is taken away from us and we become these robotic figures in society. When we enter school in pre-k and kinder-garden, we have play time. We physically interact with the other kids. Then we are offered nap time where we rest out bodies. But as we do more years of schooling, we become these caged animals, taught how to follow rules. We are order to do homework or else we get bad grades and then looked upon as failures. School doesn’t measures ones intelligence but their obedience.
**ANDY ITS NOT DONE BUT I HAD TO POST SOME SO YOU CAN SEE IM DOING IT!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Exploratory research for student questions
1. How common do old people interact with 15 year olds?
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2. What percentage of old people are sexual active?
-73% of the 57-64 age group reported they were sexually active, compared with 53% of the 65-74 age group and 26% of the 75-85 age group.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13872116
3. Do old people have a dress code?
4. What do old people find attrative?
5. What percentage of old people smoke pot?
6. How common do old people (not in a retirement home) interact with other old people?
7. What percentage of old people try and regain their youth?
8. When do old folks give up on life and just stay at home?
9. At what point in thier lives are they accepting death?
10. What is old folks place in society?
11. What do old people think about the younger generation?
12. What percentage of old people believe in a religion vs the percentage who do not?
13. What percentage of old people are completely healthy?
14.What percentage of old people have a drivers licence?
15.What percentage of old people are on antidepressants?
16. What percentage of old people are scared of death?
17. What percentage of old people cant wait for death?
18. what percentage of old people would go over and do things again?
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2. What percentage of old people are sexual active?
-73% of the 57-64 age group reported they were sexually active, compared with 53% of the 65-74 age group and 26% of the 75-85 age group.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13872116
3. Do old people have a dress code?
4. What do old people find attrative?
5. What percentage of old people smoke pot?
6. How common do old people (not in a retirement home) interact with other old people?
7. What percentage of old people try and regain their youth?
8. When do old folks give up on life and just stay at home?
9. At what point in thier lives are they accepting death?
10. What is old folks place in society?
11. What do old people think about the younger generation?
12. What percentage of old people believe in a religion vs the percentage who do not?
13. What percentage of old people are completely healthy?
14.What percentage of old people have a drivers licence?
15.What percentage of old people are on antidepressants?
16. What percentage of old people are scared of death?
17. What percentage of old people cant wait for death?
18. what percentage of old people would go over and do things again?
Old folks and thier socail interactions questions
1. How common do old people interact with 15 year olds?
2. What percentage of old people are sexual active?
3. Do old people have a dress code?
4. What do old people do for fun?
5. What do old people find attrative?
6. What percentage of old people smoke pot?
7. How lonley are old people?
2. What percentage of old people are sexual active?
3. Do old people have a dress code?
4. What do old people do for fun?
5. What do old people find attrative?
6. What percentage of old people smoke pot?
7. How lonley are old people?
Monday, February 9, 2009
My feelings aboutold people
Where I live, it is populated by alot of old folks. I hate to say it, but I pity them. They look so incapable of doing things for themselves and most of the time they live all alone. When I see them in the elevator they are always trying to make some sort of conversation. I interact with them and talk back but to be honest its not becuase I want to. I smle an nod and seem like im intrested becuase i know theydontget to talk with alot of young people. Some of them have funny jokes and others try to get into deep thinking conversations. The elevator ride is like 1mintue long but they still manage to say alot. I hate wheni see them struggling. Holding alot of groceries and boxes. I offer myhelpand some are nice but ive bump into some grummpy ones that find it offensive. I dont know why they try to deny that they need help.
As far as my grandparents, I talk to them every 3 days on the phone and see them once a week. I love them to death and love being around them. The only time they annoy me is when they try to give me life lessons. My grandmother always complains that when she was my age she was always cooking an cleaning for her family, and that I take to many things for granted but my response is: diffrent country, difffrent time period,also adding the factthatshe didnt go to hischool or college so she didnt have anything else to do. I try not to be mean to mygrandparents and always show them love becuase theyare the main founders of my family and without them idk where my family would be. I apreshate all the time we spend togetger, especailly going to METS games on the weekends.
Some sterotypes aboutold people are true. LIke they spend alot of time complaining about teenagers and how easy we have it. They do tend to get really grumpy. But the main problem is that the youth does exclude them.I think there should be more interaction between teens and the elderly. Especailly amoung ones family. If you actually take the time to listen to the stroies theyare exploding to tell, youll find some things in common with their teen years and ours. And beilieve it or not, theyhave already been thur the same stages of live we are goping through, picking up a tip or two wont hurt.
As far as my grandparents, I talk to them every 3 days on the phone and see them once a week. I love them to death and love being around them. The only time they annoy me is when they try to give me life lessons. My grandmother always complains that when she was my age she was always cooking an cleaning for her family, and that I take to many things for granted but my response is: diffrent country, difffrent time period,also adding the factthatshe didnt go to hischool or college so she didnt have anything else to do. I try not to be mean to mygrandparents and always show them love becuase theyare the main founders of my family and without them idk where my family would be. I apreshate all the time we spend togetger, especailly going to METS games on the weekends.
Some sterotypes aboutold people are true. LIke they spend alot of time complaining about teenagers and how easy we have it. They do tend to get really grumpy. But the main problem is that the youth does exclude them.I think there should be more interaction between teens and the elderly. Especailly amoung ones family. If you actually take the time to listen to the stroies theyare exploding to tell, youll find some things in common with their teen years and ours. And beilieve it or not, theyhave already been thur the same stages of live we are goping through, picking up a tip or two wont hurt.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Interview with my parents
Stepfather Age:70. American jew
1. What do you consider a meaningful life?
A meaningful life is that you have obtained some level of success and that when you pass people would say he was a good guy.
2. What do you remember about having a good life when you were a teenager?
In the neighborhood where I grew up, we had a group of maybe 15, mostly boys. We spent a great deal of time participating in sports. The sport depended on the time of the year. These were not organized leagues. These were like going to a park and picking up strangers to join the game. This was a weekend thing, and when the weather was nice, an after school thing. Sports were very important to our lives.
-More about the competition or fun? It was more about the participating and meting new people.
3. As you grew older did the priorities change?
As you grew older, achievement in school grew important and a great deal of time was spent talking about your future.
-More with friends or family? In my case, it was a friend thing. There was not that must dialog between teenagers and their parents in those days.
4. Do you see these priorities changed in my generation of teens?
I think that teens today are much more interested in NOW then their future.
5. What was it that made the COOL KID back in your days?
The “cool kid” was not necessarily someone that people looked up to, in some cases the “cool kid” was the flashy dresser, the greased hair and the one who was neither practically intelligent nor active in sports. He was just COOL.
6. What the main memory of your teen days?
When I was 18 there was a universal draft. Almost everyone had to serve some time. I opted to join the army after high school rather then going to college and then having to go into the army after wards.
-Did not going to college put you in a bad position? Back then college wasn’t really necessary.
- Was going into the army, the heroic thing to do? Had not to do with heroism. It was an obligation that I had to fur fill and I chose to do it as soon as possible.
-Do you know you army serial number? That’s one thing you never forget. US51414784
7. What big media messages where going on/What was the corporate "it"?
TV back in 1950 was pure entertainment.
-So no MTV? There were channels 2, 4,5,7,9,11,and 13. There was no cable, no MTV no VH1. TV was not programmed 24 hours a day.
8. Do you believe you have lived a meaningful life?
Yes.
"I believe life was less complex then it is today and there was more face to face contact with people."
Mother Age:37, born in the Dominican Republic
1. What do you consider a meaningful life?
A life that is lived enjoying every moment of it like it is your last one, enjoying your surroundings, giving meaning to things; when u look at a flower and u see the purpose of it; when you see your neighbors and have a conversation. When you met someone and remember them the next time. Interacting with people and always making something purposeful. Going through experiences and becoming a better person on the way. Helping people. Money isn’t everything in this world, love is.
2. What do you remember about having a good life when you were a teenager?
Getting along with everybody, and being the person everyone went to for advice. When we use to play truth and dare and the truth hurt, I always use to know the right thing to say to break the tension and that’s why everyone admired me. In high school we use to play pranks at each other and just have clean fun. Throwing water and powder at each other, putting eggs in our friend’s book bags on the last day and dropping it so all the books would get messed up; basically just enjoying each others company.
3. What changes do you notice about teens now and how they live their life?
Here (in America) teenagers have diffrent mentalities, not necessarily a good one. They have a different way of thinking, different priorities then in my country.
- Do u think the teens now in D.r are different then your time? Things have changed but not as drastic as it is here. People still have values, respect and maintain their priorities high up. Here you tent to lose your culture and your values.
4. What made the “cool kid” in D.r?
The one with the latest fashion, the one with the most friends, the one that was at all the parties and everyone wanted to be around. In my society it was more about hanging out and relaxing, especially gossiping.
5. Do you think that teens in USA are ignorant towards the meaning of a meaningful life?
Somewhat; yes. Teens now are centered on technology. They pay attention more to there TVs, computers and cell phones then their parents.
6. DO you believe that teens lost their values for family?
Yes. Back then you respected your parents; you interacted with your family. Now days forget it, it’s you go your way and I go mine. It’s not only with teenagers but with parents too. In D.r every Sunday was atomicity family togetherness. My parents and their friends use to get together and bring their kids. We had a lot of picnic days. We use to go to sugar canes fields and ride horses and playing around with the neighborhood kids.
7. How big of a role did technology play?
We didn’t have any cell phones, had Tvs but we barely watcher it. We use to go to dinners and parties instead.
8. Life back then more meaningful then now?
Defiantly!
9. Do you believe you lived and are living a meaningful life?
Yes, especially because I had you! {I added that!J}
1. What do you consider a meaningful life?
A meaningful life is that you have obtained some level of success and that when you pass people would say he was a good guy.
2. What do you remember about having a good life when you were a teenager?
In the neighborhood where I grew up, we had a group of maybe 15, mostly boys. We spent a great deal of time participating in sports. The sport depended on the time of the year. These were not organized leagues. These were like going to a park and picking up strangers to join the game. This was a weekend thing, and when the weather was nice, an after school thing. Sports were very important to our lives.
-More about the competition or fun? It was more about the participating and meting new people.
3. As you grew older did the priorities change?
As you grew older, achievement in school grew important and a great deal of time was spent talking about your future.
-More with friends or family? In my case, it was a friend thing. There was not that must dialog between teenagers and their parents in those days.
4. Do you see these priorities changed in my generation of teens?
I think that teens today are much more interested in NOW then their future.
5. What was it that made the COOL KID back in your days?
The “cool kid” was not necessarily someone that people looked up to, in some cases the “cool kid” was the flashy dresser, the greased hair and the one who was neither practically intelligent nor active in sports. He was just COOL.
6. What the main memory of your teen days?
When I was 18 there was a universal draft. Almost everyone had to serve some time. I opted to join the army after high school rather then going to college and then having to go into the army after wards.
-Did not going to college put you in a bad position? Back then college wasn’t really necessary.
- Was going into the army, the heroic thing to do? Had not to do with heroism. It was an obligation that I had to fur fill and I chose to do it as soon as possible.
-Do you know you army serial number? That’s one thing you never forget. US51414784
7. What big media messages where going on/What was the corporate "it"?
TV back in 1950 was pure entertainment.
-So no MTV? There were channels 2, 4,5,7,9,11,and 13. There was no cable, no MTV no VH1. TV was not programmed 24 hours a day.
8. Do you believe you have lived a meaningful life?
Yes.
"I believe life was less complex then it is today and there was more face to face contact with people."
Mother Age:37, born in the Dominican Republic
1. What do you consider a meaningful life?
A life that is lived enjoying every moment of it like it is your last one, enjoying your surroundings, giving meaning to things; when u look at a flower and u see the purpose of it; when you see your neighbors and have a conversation. When you met someone and remember them the next time. Interacting with people and always making something purposeful. Going through experiences and becoming a better person on the way. Helping people. Money isn’t everything in this world, love is.
2. What do you remember about having a good life when you were a teenager?
Getting along with everybody, and being the person everyone went to for advice. When we use to play truth and dare and the truth hurt, I always use to know the right thing to say to break the tension and that’s why everyone admired me. In high school we use to play pranks at each other and just have clean fun. Throwing water and powder at each other, putting eggs in our friend’s book bags on the last day and dropping it so all the books would get messed up; basically just enjoying each others company.
3. What changes do you notice about teens now and how they live their life?
Here (in America) teenagers have diffrent mentalities, not necessarily a good one. They have a different way of thinking, different priorities then in my country.
- Do u think the teens now in D.r are different then your time? Things have changed but not as drastic as it is here. People still have values, respect and maintain their priorities high up. Here you tent to lose your culture and your values.
4. What made the “cool kid” in D.r?
The one with the latest fashion, the one with the most friends, the one that was at all the parties and everyone wanted to be around. In my society it was more about hanging out and relaxing, especially gossiping.
5. Do you think that teens in USA are ignorant towards the meaning of a meaningful life?
Somewhat; yes. Teens now are centered on technology. They pay attention more to there TVs, computers and cell phones then their parents.
6. DO you believe that teens lost their values for family?
Yes. Back then you respected your parents; you interacted with your family. Now days forget it, it’s you go your way and I go mine. It’s not only with teenagers but with parents too. In D.r every Sunday was atomicity family togetherness. My parents and their friends use to get together and bring their kids. We had a lot of picnic days. We use to go to sugar canes fields and ride horses and playing around with the neighborhood kids.
7. How big of a role did technology play?
We didn’t have any cell phones, had Tvs but we barely watcher it. We use to go to dinners and parties instead.
8. Life back then more meaningful then now?
Defiantly!
9. Do you believe you lived and are living a meaningful life?
Yes, especially because I had you! {I added that!J}
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