Ageism

Can youth and wisdom co-exist ? As you are getting older every day, you are acquiring different experiences. From those experiences, you are learning something knew everytime. In this way of thinking, I don’t think that young people can have the wisdom of an adult. For me wisdom means maturity, knowledge and responsibility. Those three words just don’t fit with youth. Young people are naive, innocence and free. If I use the text THROUGH THE TUNNEL as a guiding text, I can really use the

Some people believe that we should go back to old values and enforce more discipline and respect in schools today. Do you agree ? ' The term "old values" evokes the idea of a conservative ideology. But for some people it might be the solution to problems of discipline and respect in schools. I think that talking of "old values" and of going back to the past is something that young people don't appreciate so much. The young have an image of the old school that is not so good in general. For

living arrangements, housing and migration. In the political arena, population ageing can influence voting patterns and representation. Ageism is the process of systematic stereotyping and discrimination against people because they are old. Today, it is more broadly defined as any prejudice or discrimination against or in favor of an age group Ageism has a dramatic‚ detrimental effect on older people but this is often not acknowledged. Some of these situations may be familiar some of you:

allows the audience to see the rapid degeneration of a willing pawn in a capitalist society. The play is shown in condensed action over a period of two days. The structure assists to show varying views on the “American Dream,” the modern themes of ageism, societal values, love and parent-child relationships. The pace and concentrated drama never permit the audience to lose interest and also reflects the fast-paced world in which we live, unwilling to slow down to help a fellow man in despair.

Discrimination « Most social-science usage refers to the unequal treatment of groups based on their particular identities – generally, racial and ethnic groups but also extending to nearly any distinguishable identity category, including age (ageism) and gender (sexism). The term is often associated with prejudice, although that refers primarily to individual attitudes rather than to social actions and structures. The term positive discrimination is sometimes used synonymously with affirmative

are ready to retire. Both of us recall a prominent younger colleague who, when Richard was near retirement, enjoined him to please get out of the way and give the next generation a chance. We were taken aback by the frank, open competitiveness and ageism that were reflected in what was said. Competition is another issue that pertains to relationships between the old and the young. One way the young push the old out of the way is to draw on their work while failing to give any credit for it, thereby