"The aging process is a part of most of our lives, and it remains one we try to ignore until it seems to pounce upon us. We evade all its signals. We stay blandly unprepared for some of its obnoxious effects, even though we have coped with the cracked voices and puzzling glands of our emerging natures, and have been guided no matter how clumsily through budding love-pains, morning sickness, and hot flashes. We do what our mentors teach us to do, but few of us acknowledge that the last years of our lives, if we can survive to live them out, are as physically predictable as infancy's or those of our full flowering. This seems impossible, but it is true." - M.F.K. Fisher
Here is a video that correlates to some of the information given in the book. China is an ever-growing population. It only took China 27 years to double their population, while it took France 115 years. There is a lot of government planning that goes into a growing population and most countries lack such planning.
"China Needs to Grow Rich Before it Grows Old" - Robin Niblett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9MQOyvykQk
I chose an article on modernization theory. This is an interesting theory because our world is always changing. As our society changes, the older population becomes less distinguished.
"What is Modernization Theory"
http://www.econguru.com/what-is-modernization-theory/
Concepts:
Intergenerational Relations - Family Structure
http://family.jrank.org/pages/909/Intergenerational-Relations-Family-Structure.html
American culture in conflict with traditional values of Hispanic male immigrants
http://www.physorg.com/news90522537.html
I chose this chapter because it is very interesting how different generations are raised and how each are different. It is also fascinating how each culture has different traditions. Back in the 1800s, people didn't have running water, everyone didn't own a car, and didn't have cell phones. They didn't even realize that such a thing could exist, all they knew was writing letters. We have certainly evolved and to this day, we are learning.
I think what I was most interested in was the different people that have entered into the United States. They have made this country what it is today. We have defined our nation as one for new opportunity and that is exactly why people are immigrating. They bring new traditions with them. I love learning these new traditions and experiencing other cultures. I am very curious when people start speaking a different language because there are so many different ways to describe or name one thing. It makes me wonder why can't we have universal language, but then it would be taking away from the culture.
Definitions:
biculturalism-the process of changing one's lifestyle by integrating one's native culture with that of the host country.
filial piety-a sense of reverence for and deference to elders that encourages care for one's aging family members.
modernization theory-advances in technology, applied sciences, urbanization, and literacy which, in this context, are related to a decline in the status of older people.
skipped generation households- often because of economic necessity, the middle generation moves out of the home and grandparents assume responsibility for the day-to-day care of grandchildren.
social stratification- divisions among people for purposes of maintaining distinctions between different strata by the significant characteristics of those strata.
I chose this chapter because it is very interesting how different generations are raised and how each are different. It is also fascinating how each culture has different traditions. Back in the 1800s, people didn't have running water, everyone didn't own a car, and didn't have cell phones. They didn't even realize that such a thing could exist, all they knew was writing letters. We have certainly evolved and to this day, we are learning.
I think what I was most interested in was the different people that have entered into the United States. They have made this country what it is today. We have defined our nation as one for new opportunity and that is exactly why people are immigrating. They bring new traditions with them. I love learning these new traditions and experiencing other cultures. I am very curious when people start speaking a different language because there are so many different ways to describe or name one thing. It makes me wonder why can't we have universal language, but then it would be taking away from the culture.
Definitions:
biculturalism-the process of changing one's lifestyle by integrating one's native culture with that of the host country.
filial piety-a sense of reverence for and deference to elders that encourages care for one's aging family members.
modernization theory-advances in technology, applied sciences, urbanization, and literacy which, in this context, are related to a decline in the status of older people.
skipped generation households- often because of economic necessity, the middle generation moves out of the home and grandparents assume responsibility for the day-to-day care of grandchildren.
social stratification- divisions among people for purposes of maintaining distinctions between different strata by the significant characteristics of those strata.
