Mo Mods, Mo Problems - Mods 4/5/6

MOD 6

What do you think will be your most vivid memory of high school when you are 50, based on your experiences to date? Why will this memory stick out?

  All though there are several high school experience of mine that seem very important right now, I doubt that many of them will remain as relevant over the tests of time. However, I do believe that I have one major experience from High school that will remain just as important and prevalent in the future. as it dose now. I am of course talking about my 7 years of Middle School/ High School cross country. Cross country stopped being just a sport for many many years ago. And instead it has morphed into so much more than that. My cross country team is literally like a family to me, and some of my coaches are like father figures. I have learned so many life lessons through cross country, that I doubt I will forget them when I am 80, let alone 50.

Have you or someone you know been subject to ageism? Describe the experience.

Unfortunately, I do know people who have been subjected to ageism. My grandparents on my mother's side are in a retirement home and suffer from Alzheimer's. I've noticed a drastic difference between how people treat them, and how people treat my grandparent's on my dad's side, who are completely healthy. It's unfortunate how society treats our elders differently just depending on their mental and physical health states. I'd like to tell myself that I treat both sets of my grandparents the same, but it isn't true. It's just easier to communicate with elders who don't have health issues than it is with those who do. I'm not proud of it, but unfortunately that's how society operates.