What do senior citizens contribute to our society?
2007-03-01 10:02:13 · 23 answers · asked by Candy 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I need write an essay, but I don't know how to write this topic.
2007-03-01 10:05:13 · update #1
History!!!
2007-03-01 10:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by sweetpee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they pass their experiences onto their children and grandchildren which theoretically should make each generation more prepared to face the world, cant vouch for that actually happenning though. There are many senior citizens who also still work either because they cant live on the money they had saved or because they simply enjoy working. Think of all the products that a senior citizen might need... medications, wheelchairs, walkers... someone has to produce each of those creating jobs and someone has to ship it to that person's area creating more jobs and the shipping method requires some form of fuel probably which creates more jobs in that field as well as taxes to the government from the sale of that fuel. then that senior citizen still needs buy the product which generates more taxes and more jobs from that store.
2007-03-01 18:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by Vettepilot 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Senior citizens contribute an enormous amount of history and views on their world based on the era that they grew up in. Compare a "younger" senior citizen verses an "older" senior and ask them the same questions. See if you get the same answer. They have lots of time to volunteer, help with the grandchildren, contribute in church.
2007-03-01 18:10:41 · answer #3 · answered by spinster wife 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Walmart greeters? lol. I'm just kidding. Seniors contribute a great deal to our society. The old saying goes "with age comes wisdom". This is so true. Our seniors have lived through and seen so many things they've probably forgotten more than I've ever learned. Also- many lawyers, judges, politicians, business owners, are seniors. Hope that helps.
Slainte,
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2007-03-01 18:08:28 · answer #4 · answered by chicagodan1974 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try talking to some older people in your church or at a senior citizen center. You might be amazed what you can learn. My daughter worked as a CNA in nursing homes and was constantly fascinated with the lives of the people she cared for. Some of them had led fascinating lives. Do you have grand parents? Talk to them!
2007-03-01 18:09:37 · answer #5 · answered by blondee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont ask us, visit a local nursing home. The things some of the patients have experienced will boggle your mind. Imagine being around when MLK was marching the streets, or when JFK was assisinated. These people were young adults when the world was being shaped into the society we live in now. They are our history. And if you do not learn from history, you are doomed to repeat it.
2007-03-01 18:08:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wisdon and history. In my lifetime, I have always gravitated toward older people when it came to stimulating conversation. To hear what it's been like to get along in a horse drawn wagon, or to hear what it's been like to be a part of the holocaust of the WWII era, or to learn what it's been like for a person who listened to radio for entertainment and then to graduate to watching TV in its infancy is so enlightening. To learn about technology through the minds of people who lived it is priceless. Senior citizens have seen and lived through a whole spectrum of events and heartbreak that it would do the younger generation a lot of good to just sit down and talk to the older generation.
The best way to get an answer to your question is for you to talk to as many senior citizens as you can. Ask them what was the best and the worst times of their lives and trust me, you are in for the ride of a lifetime. The experience will be priceless. You won't regret it.
2007-03-01 18:43:40 · answer #7 · answered by Call Me Babs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends on the senior citizens. My parents currently spend a lot of time volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. My mother-in-law (who is 73) tends the gardens for her church and works as a school nurse.
2007-03-04 20:52:35 · answer #8 · answered by sdc_99 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seniors are done contributing. All have worked 40 plus years, paid taxes, raised children and remain available for sage advice. They deserve our gratitude and respect.
2007-03-01 18:11:28 · answer #9 · answered by goaltender 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are going to get old ask yourself that. What will you contribute old person. Remember you were born what did your family contribute if they are around. Seniors contribute experience, examples, inherits, everything that made your ***.
2007-03-01 18:08:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋