MovieActivity Last Vegas: Aging · 2016. 5. 7. · MovieActivity-Last Vegas: Aging Three friends...
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Movie Activity - Last Vegas: Aging
Three friends take a break from their day-to-day lives
to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last
remaining single pal.
It is an art to age well. It is very important that we
prepare ourselves for our future and that we know
how to deal with the new perspectives of an aging
life.
I. Divide the class into two groups. One group will come up with 3 pros of aging and the other
group will come up with 3 cons of aging. They must justify their answers.
II. The groups share their ideas.
The Pros of Aging
1. Aging gives each person unique experiences that
they can use for the greater good.
Ever hear the expression “Those who don’t learn from
history are doomed to repeat it” ever? Aging allows
us the opportunity to learn from our mistakes so that
we don’t continue with them. This is knowledge that
can then be passed down from generation to
generation, eventually benefiting all of humanity in
some cases. In others, it just means you learn not to
touch a hot stove.
2. Aging provides certain rights and privileges.
In many cultures, those with gray hair are often
revered because of the wisdom that they can
provide other. On a more basic level, aging
provides people with choices that allow them to
consume alcohol, smoke, or even vote in
elections. As we each get older, there are certain
rights and privileges we pick up along the way
that younger population demographics just don’t
get to enjoy.
3. There’s a chance to make a lot more money.
Think that college degree is going to pay you a six
figure salary right away? For most people, they’ll
need to think again. Aging provides experience that
can be turned into dollars and cents. If someone has
run three successful tech start ups and is getting
ready to start a fourth while someone else is fresh out
of college with a degree and starting up their first
idea, who is more likely to get 100% funded? The
person with a track record for success.
4. It offers the chance to experience new things.
Aging definitely comes with some specific
stages. There’s our childhood. We’ve got the
teen years. Then there’s the long stage of being
a working adult. We might reach retirement.
Then some folks wind up being in a place where
others must care for them. In each stage of life,
we have the opportunity to experience new
things. Good or bad, it’s a dynamic part of the
human experience.
The Cons of Aging
1. Health care costs skyrocket.
As people get older, their health needs become
more profound. Age extending medications may be
required. Surgeries to correct a lifetime of potentially
poor choices may be necessary. Parts of the body
begin to wear out, requiring therapies, replacement,
or adaptive technologies. Older folks might be able
to make a lot more extra money, but they’ll need it
to take care of their ailing bodies in the future.
2. Everything just seems to ache at some point.
Just about everyone has gone to the doctor for a
new ache or pain and been told that it’s just a
consequence of the aging process. When we were
young, growing pains could sometimes be so bad
that we’d never want to get out of bed. As we
age, those same pains come back because of
how we’ve used our bodies so that we never want
to get out of bed once again.
3. It can become difficult to compete in a changing
world.
Technology has radically evolved over the last two
decades and looks to continue doing so into the
future. Those changes required adaptation that the
aging population doesn’t always embrace.
Tomorrow’s innovations are going to do the same
thing to us as email and social networking has done
for this generation of the senior population.
4. There’s no getting around the aging process.
As much as we all might like to be immortal, it
just isn’t going to happen with current
technology. Average life spans have crossed
the 80 year mark in a number of countries and is
continuing to grow. We’re living longer than
ever before, but the one simple fact remains: if
we’re alive today, the aging process is
happening right now and one day we are going
to wind up dying.
IV. The same groups must come up with 3 tips to age well. Then share your lists with the class.
Give Yourself Reasons to Smile
Establish Healthy Eating Habits
Find Fun Activities that Make You Move
Spend Time with Positive People
Learn to Meditate - Ten minutes of meditation per
day can help you to feel calmer and more centered.
V. Watch the movie segment and talk about the questions.
1. Where are this group of elderly?
2. Which of the tips of Ex IV are they following?
3. Do you think this kind of activity is positive for them?
4. Do you think you would like it if you were older?
5. What are your feelings about aging? Are you scared of it? What do you do to postpone your aging
process?