Question

“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.”
Kitty O'Neill Collins

“After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.”
Bette Midler

“Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.”
Golda Meir

“All diseases run into one, old age.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.”
C. S. Lewis

“No one can avoid aging, but aging productively is something else.”
Katharine Graham

Question 5: Give us your thoughts (2 points total)

A) Choose one of the six quotes listed above, and tell us whether you agree or disagree with it based on what you have learned completing this report, and why.

(1 point: maximum suggested length = 100 words)

B) From your research, do you think aging is inevitable, and is this a positive or a negative? (As an aside, an interesting novel entitled “2030” by Albert Brooks is set in the future where most diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s have been cured, the world population is skewed towards old people, and explores the social consequences that ensue. Please note it is NOT required that you read this book – but it is fun!)

(1 point: maximum suggested length = 100 words)