getting old
Compare/Contrast Old/Young There are many similarities as well as differences between elderly people and young adults. Older people seem to be more set in their ways. They also seem to know much more in general about most everything. Young adults, on the other hand seem to have a much broader outlook on life. The most common factor in both of these groups it seems is the overwhelming knack for being narrow-minded. One of the strongest examples I can think of to show that the elderly are more set in their ways is their attitude concerning music. I have noticed that as people get older they seem to become intolerant of anything new in the music world. They somehow get stuck in the sounds of their youth, and can't understand "the music of today." Young adults on the other hand seem to enjoy a much wider range of music and are much more tolerant of new
What it all boils down to is time, experie!nce and most of all the willingness of old and young alike to learn and share with each other. People like this seem to be very bitter toward life. They have no tolerance for anything new. If you listen to the elderly, many do become wise; but many others (as with music tastes) seem to get stuck in their youth, but yet think they are all wise. Young adults, because the world is changing so fast and information is so readily available, do know a lot more than their grandparents knew at the same age. The extreme of the stereotype of the elderly would be, someone who has lived to be the ripe old age of 80 and says (without putting it into words) that they know everything. " Young adults as well as the elderly both think they know everything. Older people seem to get set in their ways. The adage "Wisdom comes with age" can be a very true statement. Most enjoy spontaneity and look forward to new experiences. Young adults on the other hand are much more adaptable. It is a natural assumption that as we live longer and experience more in life, we would become wise to the ways of the world. The funny thing is, this does not always happen. People like this seem to turn into the old, bitter person mentioned above. The problem is th!at too many of us will allow ourselves to "get stuck" in our youth as well.
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