Old People

Personally, I think that old people are sometimes annoying, and they lecture people too much. Whenever my grandma calls me, she asks me about school and then lectures me about how I need to do a really good job and all that. My other grandma also talks to herself a lot, which annoys me when I'm sleeping over and I need to sleep. For example, I was coming back from the College trip upstate in November and I haven’t went to sleep until like 2 or 3 in the morning for the past two nights, so I was crashing at my grandmas when the trip was over instead of going all the way home. She kept me up to about 3 o clock in the morning just talking to herself and walking around the whole house. The next day, I fell asleep in all my classes. But I have to say, I love my grandmas also, even though they annoy me sometimes. But old people in general walk way to slow, and I hate slow walkers, so whenever they walk in front of me, it irritates me. They’re also very cranky people. For example me and Lieb were at the movies today, and Lieb barely touched this old lady and she started screaming at Lieb. It was so ridiculous I just wanted to hit the lady to shut her up (but that would be wrong). A good thing about my grandmas is they love to spoil me. They’re always buying me stuff, and always giving me money because they don’t think I have enough.

i interviewed my mother because i consider her old, she's 50 something i think.
here is how the interview went:

How old are you?
You should know.
(i dont just to let you guys know)

What is the most important/meainingful part of your life?“Family is the most meaningful part of my life because I love my kids, and without then I wouldn’t be able to live.”

Do you think you lead a good and meaningful life?
Yes, because i have my family, and friends, and they are very meaningful to me.

What would you do if you didn't have them in your life?
I don't know.

What makes a person's life meaningless?
Not having people who love and care for them.

Do you think teenagers live a good and meaningful life?
No, because they are always on their stupid technology, like your sidekick. you are always on it. Back in my day, i didn't have cell phones. In class, i would actually pay attention.
^i beg to differ^

Did you have a good and meaningful life when you were a teenager?
No because i had no life (haha..thats my answer for her =p)

No because i was shy, and i didnt fit in, and i was trying to find where i belonged.
^that was the actual answer^

heres the interview with my dad:
What do you is the definition of a good and meaingful life?
It's a life worth living. if your poor and horrible or rich and miserable, it's not a good and meaningful life. in order to live a good and meaningful life, you need to be happy.

Do you think you have a good and meaningful life?
Most of the time, yes.

Do you think teenagers live a good and meaningful life?
Yes because they are overpampered by their parents.

Did you think you lived a good and meaningful life when you were a teen?
When i was a teen, i didn't thinnk i did because i wasn't allowed to do anything, but now looking back, i think i did.

Do you think old people are wise?
Yes, they are wise with experience, but only some people are wise with wisdom.

Interview with my 72-year-old grandma
What is your definition of a good and meaningful life?
*Keeping yourself busy
*Getting involved
*Helping community/neighbors/friends
*Good health

In your opinion, do you live or have in the past lived a good and meaningful life?
Yes because I raised children

Do you think children and teenagers today live a good and meaningful life?
No because they are selfish, self centered, they want to outspend everybody, and they are more concerned with self image then anything else.

What makes somebody's meaningless?
When they think more of somebody else then themselves and they would go out of their way for somebody.

What do you think people around you think about living a good and meaningful life?
All think the same thing because they're older.

Interviews with my mother's friend:

What is your definition of a good and meaningful life?
When you’re happy and you have everyone important to you in your life.

In your opinion, do you live or have in the past lived a good and meaningful life?
In my opinion, I live a good and meaningful life because I have my family, my friends, and I have a job.

Do you think children and teenagers today live a good and meaningful life?
It depends on who the person is.

What makes somebody's meaningless?
When they can’t appreciate life to the fullest.

What do you think people around you think about living a good and meaningful life?
I'm not sure, but I think they probably have the same views as I do.

this is a interview with my mom's co-worker, his name is Philip Burton and he's 62-years-old.

1. What is your definition of a good and meaningful life?

Living life in a way that keeps your needs satisfied, you health intact and your happiness high; and, in so doing, living in such a way that you do no intentional harm to others.

2. In your opinion, do you live or have in the past lived a good and meaningful life?

It is a never-ending pursuit.

3. Do you think children and teenagers today live a good and meaningful life?
Young people are bombarded by technology and pier pressure at a greater flow than ever before, so I think it is probably harder to know one’s self. This diminishes the meaningful levels of life, but those who are relative grounded during this turbulent time of childhood and adolescence usually emerge with more meaning in their lives. I do believe that learning is based in language, and the shorthand usage of it and the decline in writing and speaking skills will greatly diminish meaning in the lives of young people as they age.

4. What makes somebody's life meaningless?

Those who have nothing to do, nothing to hope for or no one to love have meaningless lives, in my opinion.

5. What do you think people around you think about living a good and meaningful life?

I do not know what others think. I do know that my trust of others has become more guarded than ever before, and this is probably because I find shallow aspects to other people’s philosophies and judgments. The enemies of humankind are the ignorant, the hateful and the religious zealot; and all three of these kinds of people mistakenly believe their lives to be filled with meaning.