take their time while crossing a street or while they drive. We get mad at them because they move so slow, but ironically we are the ones that end up getting hurt because we are always in a hurry. Once we start labeling them, we stigma

tize them with inadequacies when in truth they could be very productive.

If we could educate older people about new technologies like computers we could teach them skillful techniques to keep them occupied and involved in the community. If we keep them involved around the community, we could get extra help we might need to make a difference in how we all live. By not leaving old people out and getting them involved in important activities, society can help change the way we see old people. It will also help them change the way they fell about them selves and will have happier days to come.

With all their contributions they have given use they have open new roads for people to fallow. Because they have done so much for use in are lives we should give them the respect they need and deserve. With out them some of use wouldn't be here to day because of the thing s they have done for use.

Why does everyone think that old people are incapable of every day chores? Society thinks less of them because of their age but any old person is capable of anything as long as he or she follows personal desires. In the essay "View from 80" by Malcolm Cowley, Malcolm talks about a man name Renoir. Renoir was a magnificent painter even though he suffered from arthritis. Renoir did not let anything stop him from what he loved to the best. His brush had to be strapped to his arm so

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