Besse Cooper of Monroe, GA celebrated her 116th
birthday last weekend. Our textbook, along with sources across other disciplines,
verify that people are living longer. Japan has the largest amount of citizens who
are over 100. What are two (2) positive AND two (2) negative
consequences of living more than one hundred years?
Two positive consequences for living over a hundred would be more time spent with loved ones as well as the added memories that the extra time provides. However two negative consequences of reaching a hundred is your decreasing health and seing loved ones and friends dying before you do.
ReplyDeleteWendy W. 40
DeleteI agree with... Anonymous(?) It would be extremely heart-wrenching to experience so many losses over the years.
Tacile B.40
DeleteIn response to Anonymous:
I agree because there and life long memories that we want to hold on to. People that we don't want to let go of. How heartbreaking would it be to have your kids and husband/wife. die before you. I've heard of people dying of a broken heart. So
Bart S. Online 39
ReplyDeleteTwo positive consequences that you'd receive for living a hundred years old or older would be that you're getting to spend more time with (hopefully younger) loved ones as well as getting to witness all the great scientific progress happening around you. You might even get to see gas prices drop living during these years. (LOL?)
Two negative consequences of living a hundred years old is that your health is probably decreasing (unless you have incredible super powers), and seeing family members and friends pass away before you do.
Jake W. 70
DeleteWitnessing scientific progress in fast-forward throughout her lifetime would be insane! Just think about the space program, cancer treatment, color television, laptops the size of manilla folders, even just having air conditioning in every home?!?!?! What a decade we've missed...
Wendy C Online 39
DeleteGreat comments Bart. I totally agree! I can't imagine watching the changes in technology and science for over 100 years!!! I've watched the progression in my 40+ years and am amazed! What a blessing!!!
All we've watched are gas prices increase! Hope I see the day they drop back down!
Bart S. Online 39 in reply to anonymous.
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I agree with your response to this blog. I would also add the technology changing like I did if you're over 100 years old. People borning 1912 or earlier didn't have tv's, iphones, macbooks, cell phones, etc... Now, we have it all.
Jake W. 70
ReplyDeleteFirstly, happy birthday to the lovely Besse Cooper! Still looking spritey at 116 as she does is a feat few of us will know. If my math is correct, Besse would have been born in or around 1896!! She's blessed to have seen such things as the industrial revolution, the coming of the automobile, the great depression, etc... Well maybe not necessarily blessed, but you catch my drift. She was born just 20 years prior to the invention of the telephone! Positive aspects of living over a decade could include any of the examples above, the addition of the internet to our society, black and womens rights movenents, and the list goes on. Negative aspects of living this long are obviously the decline in health and watching loved ones potentially pass away before you. Depending on the person, other negative aspects could include the loss of your senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch) or a general distaste for life or a desire to pass away.
I agree with Jake, a positive oulook to being that old is that Besse did get a chance to experience all those great inventions and movements during her time.
DeleteWendy W. 40
DeleteI agree with Jake, if you look back over the past 100 years.. what an amazing amount of milestones and growth our country has experienced! Both social milestones as well as technological ones. It would probably be amazing to experience all those and have the stories to tell.
Megan K. 39 in response to Jake W.70
DeleteI agree with you as well, Jake. To really know and be a part of the history we learn in books and school these days would be amazing! Think of all the personal knowledge and experiences we may have, but of course living an extremely long life comes with its disadvantages. The number one negative aspect is the quantity of loss amongst our family members and friends. I can not even imagine outliving your children or grandchildren.
Making it to 116 years old is remarkable but their are pros and cons to it. Two consequences to being that old is 1) You more than likely out live all your loved ones even though you may get to see them grow up but whose to say they won't get taken the next day. 2) Health wise, being that old can bring numerous health issues whether it be your bones become too fragile and brittle to the point any fall can be crucile to that person or your immune system weakens to the point where its easier for you to get sick. The two positive sides to being that old are 1) You become more wiser than any human being alive which allows people to come to you about anything. 2) You have the freedom to do as you please because your well past retirement phase, you are in relaxtion phase.
ReplyDeleteAshley M. 39. in response to Lauren P.
DeleteI agree completely, watching so many loved ones die would be terrible. For the positive getting to learn so much more would be an amazing experience!
Wendy W. 40
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful milestone for her! I think the positive aspects of living past the age of 100 would be the ability to experience so many changes in our world. Even our grandparents can tell us stories of 'the good ol' days', the depression era, times that they had to grow all their own food to survive. They see so much growth and technology over such a large span of years. Another positive aspect would be to be a part of so many lives in their own family, their own children becoming grandparents, great-grands, great-great-grands and so forth. They will get to see and enjoy watching all these family members grow up. The negative aspects would, of course, be health-related. Especially if their minds are active but their bodies are weak and their immune systems lowered. Another negative aspect would be that they would probably require others to take care of them as they become less able to take care of themselves. They might feel they are a burden to their family instead of a blessing.
Kellianne B. Online (21038) in Response to Wendy W. 40
DeleteI completely agree with you, Wendy! Being able to experience various changes in the world like Besse Cooper is definitely a positive. Over the years the development of technology has changed so much and I know if I were to be as old as Besse, I would cherish the opportunity to experience it all unlike the majority of people these days. Although health would decrease, I think there are some really good pros to living to be that age that a lot of people don't get to experience.
Wendy C. Online 39
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible blessing for her and her family!!! I'm fortunate enough to still have grandparents and I'm in my 40's! One positive would be definitely watching your family grow! I know my grandparents have enjoyed watching their 6 children bless them with grandchildren and great-grandchildren and sharing good times and bad with all of us. Another positive would be getting to watch the world change. I guess that could also be considered a negative, but from watching my grandparents age, they have enjoyed seeing incredible changes in the world!
One negative would definitely be the cost of health care. As we age, our health more often than not tends to decline and medical costs increase. Another negative would be loss of friends and family. I've watched my grandparents mourn the loss of many of their friends. as much of a blessing as it would be to live to 100, it most definitely has its drawbacks.
I definitely agree with the fact that living long allows you to spend wonderful times with your family. However, i thing life is empty of sense when you are every day under medication and your movements are guided by someone else.It's always good to enjoy every bit of your life even if you aren't able to reach 100 years.
DeleteOne benefit of living to be over 100 years old would most certainly be the experience of getting to know your great-children, and possibly your great-great children. Another would be the wisdom that comes with each day of age. Imagine the experiences and different views a 100 year old would have. We are supposed to learn from our mistakes and the mistakes made from our ancestors. Having a primary source share his or her life experiences first-hand could be very useful if applied to our own decisions. On the other hand, healthcare is a rising concern for our country. Retirement age is around 66 years old in the U.S. so that means the elderly could possibly stop working and receive government benefits for over 35 years which will in turn be very costly to U.S. citizens. As people age, the cost of their healthcare will also increase due to natural declining of health. Quality of life may be fine for some but the human body will be very "tired" after a century of use. I'm not sure how comfortable most people are by the time they reach such an old age. Having said that, I will be very grateful if I am able to live to be 100. I want to spend every second possible with my loved ones.
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ReplyDeleteTwo positives to living to be that age, in my opinion, would be that there are advances in the medical field you would get to witness and the opportunity to view what's accepted in society in the future, like Lady Gaga. A cool medical breakthrough to see would be a cure for cancer, and to see what was once considered deadly but is now common, for example, the flu. Two negatives would be as you get older: Others start to treat older people poorly, and your health deteriorates. You are not capable of doing what you once were capable of doing and need more assistance from others.
C. Burgess Online 38
DeleteI agree with your pros and cons. I didn't' even think about all the advances in medicine that will have eventually be made public for us all to witness. Yes losing your physical rights, abilities and possibly your mind would suck! Hopefully I am physically and mentally still there if I was alive until then. Another good reason to have a will!!
Patrick Cameron Curley
ReplyDeletePositives: All of the history one must have been a part of in that 100+ years. Being able to see every nation develop(for better or worse), would be absolutely amazing to me. Another would have to be seeing how people raise their kids, if I were 116 years old and saw little kids on leashes I would die of laughter. And another, knowing that you have outlived 99.9% of the human population would be pretty cool.
Negatives: Knowing all of your acquaintances from your early years have passed away, and more are on the way. Another negative would have to be recognizing the levels of respect people have for each other now, me being 21 years old, trying to give respect where I can, is absolutely amazing how disrespectful people are toward one another. Being 100 years old and seeing this, I don't think I'd want to live anymore.
Dana B.38
ReplyDeleteWow 116, go her! The 2 positive things about living over 100 would be that you would be able to see and experience all the changes in the world. Another thing would be you would outlive the majority of the people in the world. The 2 negative things would be your health may not be the best and another would be you wouldnt really be able to do some of the things you use to for yourself, like shower on your own.
Ashley m.38
Deletei completely and utterly agree with you on your opinion. You definitely wouldn't be able to do a lot of things for yourself. Which is hard on a person knowing you use to be able to do so much. Sometimes if you think about it its a sad thing living to be that old. But, then again, its great because of all the experiences you would have.
Living over 100 years old can be a blessing. Although there are some pros and cons. The pros are: It's great that God has blessed you to live long enough to see generations of her family come through. To spread wisdom to their kids, grands, and great grands and so on. Have time to fix relationships that has been destroyed throughout pass years. Get to spend more time creating more memories with family. Now, the Cons: Having to totally depend on stranger to help and/or take of you. Medical insurance becomes a hassle. Health begins to fall more and more. Body gets very weak and not able to bounce back as quick. feeling lonely, tired, heartbroken, helpless, or lost for being behind time and for out living everybody else. Through it all, thank God for long life.
ReplyDeleteTacile B.40
ReplyDeleteLiving over 100 years old can be a blessing. Although there are some pros and cons. The pros are: It's great that God has blessed you to live long enough to see generations of her family come through. To spread wisdom to their kids, grands, and great grands and so on. Have time to fix relationships that has been destroyed throughout pass years. Get to spend more time creating more memories with family. Now, the Cons: Having to totally depend on stranger to help and/or take of you. Medical insurance becomes a hassle. Health begins to fall more and more. Body gets very weak and not able to bounce back as quick. feeling lonely, tired, heartbroken, helpless, or lost for being behind time and for out living everybody else. Through it all, thank God for long life.
Chris. Y 39
DeleteI agree with you that both medical insurance and health concerns become a large hassel for those whom are higher in age.
Dana B.38 in response to Wendy W.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you said a positive thing would be seeing your children become grand parents, great grand parents and so on. It will be cool to see all the generations. My son actually has his great great grandmother with him today. So I actually have 5 generations of my family here, which is not common these days.
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DeleteEiryn M. ONLINE 40
DeleteIn response to Dana B. 38,
It would be lovely to see my kids have kids and see their kids have kids, its just that notion of "life eventually ends" that sours the good feeling of watching them grow up.
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ReplyDeleteEiryn M. ONLINE 40
ReplyDeleteI have a very awkward position on this topic so I will try to explain my thoughts. I believe positives of living longer would be to of course LIVE LONGER, and you can experience history for a longer period of time. One could be able to see things that some would not be able to see because they weren't able to live longer. Negatives of a longer life, watching those you love die would hurt me and make we not want to live without them, and the possibility of having a bad health situation could make people want to skip the process of suffering and just "go to sleep" in a sense.
I agree with you. Living so long definitely has its benefits because watching history unfold before your eyes for such a long period of time would be very interesting. However, having to lose those you love most may not be worth it.
DeleteMegan K.39
ReplyDeleteI have thought many times what I would and wouldn't like about living to and past the age of 100, and I've come to the conclusion that I will never know unless it happens. I would absolutely love being able to meet all my future grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on. To be able to have so many meaningful relationships in such a long life would be great, but then that brings on the possibility of heartache with it. The thought of watching my loved ones pass away one after another is enough to make me never wish to live to that old of an age. To loose a husband or wife would be horrible, but to outlive your children would be unbearable. On a positive not, all the extra family members, that you would have never been able to have a relationship with had you not lived to an unheard of age, would be able to be there for you through all the hard times. Another thing that would be quite interesting to be a part of is change. Would we be living in a world like The Jetsons or how the Back to The Future trilogy made the future out to be? To not only know, but be a part of history and its meaningful events that shaped it would be an astounding opportunity. On the other hand, what if the world got worse? What if our economy never fully healed and there were even more people without jobs? What if there was another war, plague, or even alien invasions if you believe in that? I wonder if having so much family around you could make up for the possibility of a horrible world? I think it all comes down on how you take in life and what it gives you. Are you a glass half-empty or half-full type of person? I choose to be half-full.
Living to be over 100 would have many different benefits. For one, you would be able to watch all the changes that the world endures for a century or more. Also, you would be blessed with meeting many different and interesting people that you may have never encountered had your life been short lived. Although there are some upsides to living so long, there are quite a few downsides as well. To begin with, your health would probably decrease as you aged. You would be forced to become dependent on those around you. Also, because you would outlive most of your friends and family, you would have to endure losing them.
ReplyDeleteAshley M.38
ReplyDeleteWow! Living to be 100 years or older would be a wonderful experience. You would gain so much knowledge about the world seeing everything that has happened for that long. You would experience so much life, being as you would come in contact with so many people and have so many people you care about. Even though living that long would be a complete blessing it would also have its cons. Your health more than likely would take a downward spiral. Things such as memory loss arthritis and so much more would happen to your body. Then all the loved ones you have would eventually die before you making it hard on your owm soul that you had lost so many people over those years and experienced all that heart ache in the world. But hey, who knows you might have so much memory loss that you might not remember the hardships anyways. Still it would take a toll on you in the before years.
K.Bolton 67
ReplyDeleteAlthough we never know if we will live another day, I imagine that if I make it to 100 I would be a very interesting person to talk to. One positive to living that long would be the amount of knowledge I have gained over the years. On the downside to that would be hoping I could remember it all and share it with someone that it would benefit.
Another advantage to living that long would be having a large family and having plenty of younger ones to stay with me and after me.The disadvantage to that would be trying to remember all of their names. I know fame and recognition is probably of little importance to Ms. Besse, but I imagine she is getting plenty of attention.
I couldn't have said it better myself. There's a lot of things I would love to be able to witness, but the possibility of not really remembering it is scary.
Deletei agree, i have a grandfather with Parkinson,dementia as well as other problems and most days could not tell you who i am which would be so heart breaking to live fro so long and have all the memories taken from you. It makes the days he does remember me even sweeter.
DeleteK.Bolton 67 in response to Ashely and Megan
ReplyDeleteI like the way you said that having memory loss may keep someone from remembering the hardships anyway. That in itself would be a positive. On Megan's post, I agree about living with a half-full attitude, and I imagine that is part of the reason Ms. Besse has lived so long.
Jessica W.39
ReplyDeleteI can see how there would be positives and negatives to living that long. Positives would be that you would be around to see your loved ones make it through milestones. Seeing your children grow old and be there to help raise grandchildren and even great grandchildren. Being able to share your memories of how things used to be. All of the relationships you would be able to create through the years would be amazing. On the downside though, even though there have been advances in the medical field, there is no cure for aging. The human body will break down which can cause a lot of discomfort and even render some people helpless. Forcing them to be reliant on others. To some, losing their independence is worse then death. I would also imagine that it would be lonely at times. Even though you are there for your family, people have their own lives and would only be able to visit when it fits their schedule. Not to mention that not everyone is guaranteed to live as long. Seeing people that you grew up with and were friends with dying would get depressing.
Jessica W.39 in response to Ashley m.38
ReplyDeleteI never thought about the memory loss side of things. That is an interesting way to look at it, that you may not be able to remember the hardships. I have always wondered what it is like in the mind of someone who has dementia. Is it a happy place? I hope to never find out for myself, but just a curiosity I have.
Ryan R 35 in response to Jessica.
DeleteI'm spend a lot of time around dementia patients and I can confirm that most of them have no idea what his going on around them. As far as it being a happy place, I'd say most are happy, some are combative, but most are happy. They just don't have any clue about who the people are around them. They forget simple every day things, like remembering to eat or go the the bathroom. They usually have solid long term memories, but have struggle with the short term.
Chris Y.39 Two positive consequences for living over a hundred would be more time spent with loved ones as well as the added memories that the extra time provides. However two negative consequences of reaching a hundred is your decreasing health and seing loved ones and friends dying before you do.
ReplyDeleteRyan R 35 Two positive consequences for living that long are being able to experience 116 college football seasons, and watching all the generations of your family grow up.
ReplyDeleteNegatives would be the issues with old age and having to have someone constantly around to help tend to your needs.
Jon Hughes, 2 cons of living over 100 years old would have to be 1. getting old and brittle, relying on other people to take care of you and help with daily habits, and outliving your children/grandchildren 2. living off the government and not being able to help the government and the economy by working, paying taxes, helping people or just doing fun stuff. 2 pros i think would be 1. being able to see the world evolve, grow and change, along with watching your family grow. 2. being recognized that your over 100 years old and knowing that people take a general intrest in you and knowing that people are evolving and living longer, and knowing that your children might live love fulfilling lives.
ReplyDeleteAshley M. 39.
ReplyDeleteOne positive reason about living older than one hundred is seeing the world evolve and different technology come out everyday. Another positive reason is being able to make more memories and meet more people through out your time. On the other side there is two negatives about being older than one hundred. One reason is you are probably watching loved ones die, while you are still getting older. Another reason is you would have people take care of you because you would become so fragile.
Elizabeth N – Online.38
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful blessing to her especially if she is still full of life and hope. One positive consequence of living longer is that one gets to see the fourth, if not the fifth generation of their off-springs and spend a lot of time with them. The other one is that this person will have experienced a lot of changes in every aspect of life, like culture, technology, ways of living and such; they will be able to tell the younger generation how things were like before the change. An example would be like when we are told how people used to commute when there were no cars.
One negative consequence of living longer would be if the person does not have any savings to take care of themselves and the burden falls on the family members; in most cases not all family members chip in to help and thus it becomes a one person’s responsibility. Another negative consequence is that old age comes with deterioration in memory and most will have dementia or Alzheimer’s. They have to be watched at all times for safety, which can be very expensive. Living longer would only be an advantage if one is living a quality life where they can still take of the activities of daily living and in most cases they are not able to do that.
Lakin C. 36
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how much technology is improving these days, and Besse has been here to see all that has happened so far. When she was born, there were no TV's and Ipads, and I'm sure there was no pizza delivered to your door either. I think it's a pro, but also a con that she has a glimpse of what our future is. We have evolved so much, yet our generation was not raised on the same morals and values that she was. One con is that it seems as people get older, respect towards them decreases. Like I said, alot of people don't have the same respect as her generation would have had for their elders. The second con would be that as your body is getting older, your health decreaes significantly and you aren't able to do that things that you used to b able to do by yourself.
However, those being said, there are many pros. One is that she has more time with her loved ones and she has a chance to see her grandchildren grow up and get married, and possibly even have children of their own. A second pro is that whatever she is doing to stay so healthy and chipper, she can spread it to others, and help those who would like to live to be 116.
Ariacna L.36
ReplyDeleteI just think old people are the cutest thing. One positive to living long is that you get to see all the new advances being made in the world,during Besse's prime years there wasn't Twitter much less cell phones to communiocate with each other.Also elderly people get to spend more time with their loved ones,to see their childrens children grow up and know that their life is just beginning. A negative to a long life is that your body does not run like it used to.That's were health problems kick in. When your old you start to depend on others to do even the littlest of tasks. No one likes to be a hassle to anybody. Congrats to all the senior citizens who live past 100 years.Its really nice to just sit down and talk to them,they share so many personal experiences that give us the support and wisdom we need to live happy.
Tinashe 20- online
ReplyDeleteThat is just amazing i think for a person to be able to live that long first of all is just a blessing from God. Howver, I do say that there is bad side to it because probably when you are that old you would have to be taking a lot of medication for you to be be able to make it just through the day. Also the time period and the technology and the culture of the new genertion would be too much of a shock. It would be a new world to you and nothing will seem normal to you because everyone is buisy with their lives and, they would in a way stuck in a different time period.
The positive side fo having to live that long is you get to see the grandchildren,i definatley agree witht that. The other thing you can just look back at life to see where you have been and the jouneys you have taken in life. I think it would be fun to be able to do that and have scarp books and videos of your timeline. And you also get to be famous!
Elizabeth N - Online.38
ReplyDeleteIn reply to Tacile B. I totally agree with you Tacile when you point out a con of having to depend on other people and especially strangers to take care of you. I work with seniors and I cannot help to think how they feel about depending upon somebody else on what time to eat, take a shower and even go to bed. It seems very intruding for a stranger to come to your house and tell you, today is your shower day. You can always tell, they do not like it but they have no choice because they depend on the caregivers and kind of go with their schedule.
Quiyana M. Online 40
ReplyDeletePros: You have seen a lot of major cultural milestones.
If you still have full brain usage, you have gained a lot of experience and have become wiser.
Cons: If there are a lot of old people, there won't be many people out working. Who will care for them?
If your health has substantially declined, you may be too weak to really do anything.
Aqueelahk 39
ReplyDeleteTo me the pros would be just being able to see the world evolve through technology and how so much has changed would be mind blowing. Also i would believe that you would have gone through so many life changing experiences.The negatives would be of course seeing family and friends pass away right in front of your eyes.I also would think that you would be pretty lonely after everyone has passed on.
Chris W, 39
ReplyDeleteTo me if you live to be over a hundred years old it would be a blessing from God because God gives you a chance to live longer to know your purpose in life, you would get to spend more time with your family and friends .Another positive consequence is that you are able to see and experience how the world changes throughout the years. But the negative consequences are that your health declines as you get older and it’s hard to find someone to take care of you including your family. Older people end up living a nursing home or assisted living because there is no family member that can take care of them. I just hope that my kids will be able to take care of me. I don’t want to stay in an assisted living facility or nursing home if possible. I am hoping that I can still take care of myself until I die.
Chris W, 39
ReplyDeleteIn reply to Wendy W 40, I agree with yout that it's such a milestone to Ms. Cooper and her family for living hundred years old . She has more time to spend with her family and experience so many changes in our world.You are also right that some older people think that they are burden in the family. I'm working in the medical field and I see a lot of older people is trying to become independent no matter what because they dont want to become a burden to the family and I feel bad about it because they should not think about that. It's our responsibility to our loved ones to take care of them when they gets old and if they needed to.
Ryan Kroeger
ReplyDeleteOne possitive would be that you get to stay and enjoy being with friends and loved ones. Also you would get to see how much the world is changing and how much it has changed in your lifetime.There would be a great amount of negatives. For starters you would eventually get to the point where you couldnt do anything on your own. I would hate to have to live that way. Also you wouldnt be able to eat some of the same things you use to because of many different reasons. At that point your body would be shutting down slowly and you wouldnt be able to enjoy life like you once were able to.
Jillian Del Valle (36)
ReplyDeleteI'd consider two positive things about living long, especially 100+, would be that you get a significantly longer amount of time on Earth with your family. You get to see more and more generations within your family and see how it grows and grows. You may even get the chance to be a great great grandma/grandpa or more. Also I'd consider it a positive having more time on Earth to experience things that you may not have been able to experience in your younger days. On the flip side both of those positives have their equal negatives. In more time with your family on Earth, that's more pain and hurts for those who will miss you when you're gone and especially if you are living longer but not in the best of shape. I think also on the flip side of experiencing more things in your older age you would have to be in shape and/or have financial security. In living longer you may not be able to live well depending on your finances.
Brittany C. 36
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I hope I never live to be a hundred. While I'm sure there are many pros to living to be 100 I can only come up with a few. One positive consequence would be seeing your children's children grow up and have kids of their own. Another positive outcome would be to see how much society grows as a whole. So much changes in a hundred years. While seeing how much society grows can be seen from the positive side, I also view it from the negative side. There are things that are so technology advanced today that my grandparents don't even know how certain things work for example computers and their software programs. If you were to live to be a hundred would you be able to keep up with everything that was going on in the world at the present time? Another negative consequence was if you were to see your children pass away before you. I think that would be one of the hardest things to do if that were to ever happen to me. Everyone believes they'll live longer than their children, and if that doesn't happen I imagine it would crush your heart completely.
Whitney H. Online 38
ReplyDeleteI believe that there are many pros and cons to being 116 years old. It is that she has taken such great care of herself to be able to live this long! I think some of the pros would be the obvious, such as enjoying time with your family and friends. Imagine how many grandchildren and great grandchildren you could enjoy being over 100 years old. Another pro would be that you have witnessed and been through so many things in your lifetime and managed to make it to where you are now, that is a pro in itself!
I personally think that there are more cons though. Some of them would be, watching all of your friends and family pass away, slowly losing your own health, and having to depend on somebody to take care of you and help you do everyday things that you used to take for granted. I think it is ironic how the life cycle works, you are born not being able to provide for yourself and if you live long enough you will pass away having to depend on somebody else also.
Stacey Morris Online
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I agree with the idea that being over 100 has more cons than pros. Definitely having to depend on someone to take care of you is a struggle in itself. ANd if you look at life like a cycle then u can definitely see the similarity between being a baby and being elderly. When you are born until you are a mature teen, you pretty much have to have someone take care and watch over you. When you grow old and can not take care of yourself anymore, once again you see that you have to have someone take care of you and provide for you since at an old age you can not do it yourself anymore.
Meredith Hunton
DeletePeople tend to feel guilty when they become a burden to their love ones. Also watching your children grow up and your grandchildren to is wonderful(unless they didn't have any), but watching them pass away can be overwhelming and hard for someone. I can't imagine having a child watching them grow into their elderly years and then die.
Whitney H. Online 38
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I agree completely with your pros and cons. I can only imagine the stories that she could tell of all the things she has seen and been through in her life time, both good and bad. I would love to sit down and have a conversation about these things with her. Losing your senses and having your health begin to decline has got to be extremely frustrating and I can only imagine that it is quite trying at times, so I believe that it is difficult to be so elderly. For example, if you grew up as an avid reader and your eyesight got so bad that you were not able to enjoy reading anymore, how frustrating would that be?
Stacey Morris Online
ReplyDeleteI think that there are more negative things about being over 100 than there are positive things. Some negative things include, a decline in health. After 25 years old your body then starts to actually starts to decline in growth. Its harder to do normal day to day activities without the strength, energy, and acute motor skills. Another negative is watching all of your family, friends and loved ones die before you. I can imagine living so long makes you feel as if you are living forever while other around you perish. One positive can be seeing your children's progress over time and watching them grow a family and grow old. Another positive could be being more wise and having greater life experience compared to others. You can pass your education and wisdom unto others. Although living to be passed 100 sounds good. I think on a grand scale i would pass.. literally.
C. Burgess Online 38
ReplyDeleteTwo negatives of living this long would be living with the decline of your own health. Hopefully I would still be moving around and feeling pretty good. The other negative would be watching many family members and friends around you die. Two positives would be, being able to watch your family grow up around you with loved ones. My second positive would be to see the world and society change overtime while you reminisces about the past.
A. Martin 36 The 2 pros would be the time you could share witheveryone around you Loveones and All. Also the amount of insight you could pass along to everyone about living a good long life. the cons would be to have to say goodbye one day and not be able to say hello again and then to have left behind what you knew as the past. Just think no more taxes. No more being lied to by Goverment and no having to say im sorry.
ReplyDeleteMatt P40
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to see a positive of living that long, age is just a number. What is your quality of life? If you are 80, in a wheel chair, and wearing a diaper, who would want to live another 36 years? I guess two positives would be seeing a family grow, and hopefully a progression of society as a whole. Two negatives would be out living your family and failing health. I personally hope to never live in a "old folks home", way too depressing.
I like your thoughts about this topic. Yes, it is true that you would live to see your children grow old, but you would probably also see them die, and that is awful. The financial aspects of this are also hard to grasp. Most people retire, or want to retire before they are 70. How in the world would you save for another 50 years of living expenses?
DeleteDanyelle N. 06 In response to Matt P.40
DeleteI know a lady who will be hitting a hundred years old this November and is still very capable of doing for herself and not every elderly person is in a wheelchair wearing a diaper incontinence is not an age issue it is a health issue.Also I would like to say although I would never want to live in a nursing home there our a lot of myths to living in them and some people actually do enjoy living in them because they receive social interactions with people there own age and are provided three meals a day at which they dont have to cook.
It's a great privilege and honor for one to reach 100 years. A centenarian has a different view of things and the world because of his life's experience. Positively speaking,he is first,a source of knowledge as we call them back home in Africa" Library on two feet" and secondarily,he is a token of respect for his family. Contrary,they are considered as a burden to the family because of their health issues and limited movements.Some of the elderly men are also regarded as wicked men because of their capability to exchange their death with the younger ones in order to live for a while.
ReplyDeleteMy great grand father got to be one hundred and eight years old.I agree with must of my class mates .It is a privilege and honor to reach that age, but in some case it can also become a nightmare.Two positive factors of reaching one hundred years old would be knowledge, and the bless to meet you future generations.My great dad was a book full of stories ,and we all feel proud because we got to meet him.Two negative factors are the dependence on others, and if we leave for so long we may get to see our love ones died.I personally do not want reach that age!
ReplyDeleteValentina T. 36
ReplyDeleteI think the positive things about living until you're 100 years old are that you see all of your family, generations and generations after you. You get to go to all of your childrens' and grandchindrens' and great-grandchindrens' weddings. You are able to hold all of your grand-babies. It would also be hard becuase you would most likely be on a lot of medication, taking a handful of medicine each morning. You would need to change your diapers, and be dependent on others.
Lacey K.
ReplyDeleteA person who lives to be 100 years old is a miracle in its self. A long life means that they have been doing something right and has a relationship with God. Two positive things of living to be a 116 years old are you get to watch different generations of your family grow up and you have plenty of wisdom to share. Two negative things would be having health related issues because of age and having to depend on others to care for you. However, if I lived to see even 100 I would count it as a blessing whether I had to depend on someone to take care of me or not!
Priscille F.P. online
DeleteI agree it would be a blessing. I also agree that that person would have had a great relationship with God. You are also right about having a care taker and being a burden on others around you, I guess that would another negative.
I feel that living to be 100 would be a privilage. I would to see all my grand and great grand children, what a blessing. I met a woman who was 100 years old at the hospital she told me the best thing about being her age is that she out lived all her peers she had issues with. On a negative I would not like to have had witness deaths of family members. Another problem would be adopting to technology and all the advances that have come up in the world.
ReplyDeletePriscille F.P. online above comment was mine
DeleteDana W. 36
ReplyDeleteTwo positives for me would be more time here on earth with family and friends and being able to see how the world evovles as time goes on.
Two negeatives for me would be having to deal with the bodily problems that come with reaching older ages and outliving loved ones in the process.
Aqueelah K.39
ReplyDeleteI agree dana w.36 and basically it seems that we all have the same outlook on living to see triple digits..Oh how that is just truly a great blessing.Especially since now it seems that many dont even get a chance to live half Ms.B's life.
Kristen Durbin,26
ReplyDeletePros:
1.More time with family
2.The ability to tell said family about a century worth of knowledge about life and the world better than any textbook.
Cons:
1. Having to let go of so many people as you outlive them
2. Depending on state of health, it would be awful to live that long and not even be able to enjoy it because of limited mobility or health problems.
Tranita J. online 40
ReplyDeleteTwo positive consequences of living more than one hundred years:(1) The social support system is well intact. Elderly people find it rewarding to watch generation after generation grow before them as they become wise legends.(2) Most of the time elderly people have loved ones to take care of them. It takes away the loneliness.
Two negative consequences of living more than one hundred years:(1)Illness. The ability of the immune system to carry out there protective functions diminish as the rate of antibody production drops. Heart failure can occur.(2)Finances. Lack of money can cause problems if the elder does not have a secure financial blanket. Senior discounts and community programs will become familiar.
Matt P40
DeleteYou make two points I didn't think of at first. Loneliness is less likely due to the fact you have built so many relationships over the 116 years. Lack of money! If Miss B is like my grandfather who retired from Postal Services after 30, but he was only 55 years old. He lived 40 more years with out working, he made great investments and lived within a budget. I bet Miss B did the same, or, we the people pay for another person. I really don't mind paying social security to Miss B who was a teacher I believe, at least she did something and wasn't just a drain on the system.
Angela J. Online 39
ReplyDeleteTwo positives that come to mind for me are watching family grow generation by generation and being able to share a lot of historical information with others from personal experience. Two negatives would include losing the ability to stay as physically active and the many health related issues that seem to come with the aging process such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
Angela J. Online 39
ReplyDeleteIn response to Lacey K.
While I certainly do not want to start a religious debate here, I do want to make a point. In this country when people talk about God they are most likely referring to Christianity. In the blog topic it states that Japan has the largest amount of citizens who are over 100 years of age. In Japan Christianity is a minority religion. Therefore, I’m not so sure “a relationship with God” is a reason why people live over 100 years.
Holly G.38
ReplyDeleteTwo notable positives to living such long lives are all of the experiences that a person can acquire, and watching how the world advances. Two negatives on the other hand, are things such as losing loved ones, and dealing with extended aspects of declining health. While there have been years to accumulate memories and experiences, with such advanced age often comes the loss of such memories/experiences.
Sam C. 40 in response to Holly G. 38,
DeleteI remember well my grandmother telling many stories of her travels to Japan and living in France and her days as a substitute teacher. The hardest thing for me was watching Alzheimer's take all of that as well as knowledge of who my mother and I were away. The years of experience are worth more than anyone can every measure, unfortunately they are only as secure as the vessel they are stored in.
Holly G.38
ReplyDeleteIn response to Angela J.
I agree with you on your response to Lacey K's post. While having a relationship with God may in fact serve some people well in life, I believe the more logical explanation for longer lives is simply how people live. Obviously making healthier lifestyle choices can lead to longer, healthier lives.
Mika E. 89
ReplyDeleteTwo definite pros would be that we have a history book and a scientific goldmine in one bundle. The knowledge one could gain off of her alone is obscene.
The cons would be living in her shoes. I wouldn't enjoy living in a body that has little to no physical use any more. I'm sure a good amount of her friends and family have died off by now, and I'm sure that's pretty sad.
Alicia H.38
ReplyDeleteThere are significant pro and cons associated with living into your hundreds. One positive is that you would be able to see your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren (possibly great-great grandchildren grow up. One the other end of this, one negative is that you would probably live through the death of your children and that would be difficult to deal with. Again, on the positive side of the debate, you would live to see so many changes to our world (some positive, but also some negative). The second negative I have would be trying to plan for retirement if you live to be one hundred or more. You probably wouldn't be able to retire until you were eighty and at that point the body wouldn't be able to do much more than sit in a nursing home anyway.
B. Crowder
ReplyDeleteA positive aspect of living past 100 years is the family experiences, not only for the individual but all family members. I learned so much from my grandparents and great-grandparents during the time I spent with them. It made me value how much easier life is now.
Another positive aspect is the growth for man kind, thinking of days when people didn’t live past 30. Living past 100 is amazing! On the other hand, health is a negative consequence. Some elderly people don’t have family with time to care for them. The quality of life at that age would have declined as well. The person would live with pain and possibility depression.
Danyelle N. 06 in response to B.Crowder
DeleteI agree that alot of elderly do get depressed that there family members dont have time for them. It is very sad to see so many elderly people who have family members that dont appreciate the knowledge that elderly people have and think that there mom or dad is crazy because they our old.
Meredith Hunton
ReplyDeleteThere are many pros and cons to living past 100. I guess one pro is you get to see a lot of change in the world which can also be a con depending on how you look at it. You can see a lot of good things come to pass in the world and a lot of bad too. Living for a long time can have its pros and cons depending on the person, its different for each person. There are some people who spent everyday of their life to the fullest, trying new things and enjoying it, and there are some people how don't live everyday to the fullest who look at life bitterly or have really bad health after living so long. So it all depends on the type of person to see the different kinds of pros and cons.
Sam C. 40
ReplyDeleteAt 35, I don't have any grandparents still alive, but I can imagine it would be amazing to have someone who is 116 years old to know and hear their experiences. I would say that one negative aspect of living to such an age would be the probable lack of independence as your body and/or mind stops allowing you to handle some of the more intimate functions of your daily life. Another negative would be seeing how some things in the world that should have changed such as racism and elitism, are still alive and well in many areas. A positive of living to that age would be the hopeful opportunity to travel and experience anything that you ever wanted to be able to do. Another positive is seeing the good changes that have occurred such as vaccines for polio and more rights for minority populations.
Danyelle N. 06
ReplyDeleteI believe the postives of living longer is that you get to see your family as it grows to grandchildren and great granchildren and so on. The other postive is you are very experienced in life, and have a lot of stories to tell. The negatives of living longer is you see family members pass away. The other negative is that your body starts to fail, and possible your mind and then you start to wonder what your purpose in life is.
Cassie H.
ReplyDeleteI think two positives to living to 100 years old are, watching your family grow and experiencing many memories and events together, as well as world events. Two negatives to living to be 100 could be, health issues and diseases, and watching your loved ones and friends die before you.
Kimberly M.
ReplyDeleteI believe that 2 positives to living over the age of 100, would be seeing the many generations of your own blood line, and experiencing or at least seeing all the good things that have become over your lifetime, and knowing that the things you could only dream about have actually come true. 2 negative things about living to be over the age of 100 would be seeing younger family members that might pass before you do, or not being able to physically get around like you could before, or not being able to participate in some of the new great wonders of the world. An additional negative would be seeing what the world has become so consumed with (ie: the less important things in life) such as facebook, appearances, glitz and glamor, popularity, etc. You would have to see all these people become so consumed with un-important things in life and forget the value of what life is really about. Everybody dies, but too many people don't really live.
Adriane M. 40
ReplyDeleteThe two positive things aobut living past 100 years is that you are able to cross into diffent centuries and have stories to tell your family and friends. Another good things is that you had a chance to see how the world made different changes and how much you will experience throughout your lifetime. The downside about it is that you may loose a lot of loved ones along the ways, and the older you get your health weakens so you may experience a lot of heartache and pain along the way.
Melissa S. 90
ReplyDeleteI think that a positive thing from living that long would be to see how the world is evolving and how technology and medicine is advancing greatly. Another good thing is getting to experience so much life and gain so much wisdom. A negative thing is out living people who are close to you whether it’s friends or family; which has to be tough. Also, getting older means increasing health problems, you could have Alzheimer’s, loss of hearing or vision. A lot of times people treat older people differently, not in good ways sometimes too. Going to a nursing home and having my family almost forget my existence wouldn’t want to make me eager to see another day.
Kelly S. Online 40
DeleteI agree with you. It makes me sad to see how people treat elderly with disrespect and disdain. Without them none of us would be here.
Allison S. Online 39
ReplyDeleteI believe that 2 positives to living to be over 100, would be: 1) seeing how different the world has become over that life span. 2) Being able to see all my children/grandchildren. 2 negatives would be 1) Having to depend on someone else to help care for me. That would be difficult for me. Also, 2) The health issues that we may face.
Jessica B. 36
ReplyDeleteLiving to be over 100 I imagine would be quite the feat. Seeing how our culture and society develops throughout the century of life you have on this Earth has to be astounding. Encountering all types of people and seeing how the world changes, how you change, would be amazing. Having the opputunity to see your children and grandchildren grow up to have their own families is a wonderful thing most people do not have available would be another pro to living up to 116 years old. However, such as Brittany of 36 mentioned, outliving your children or grandchildren I imagine would be painful to experience. There is a possibility of living through years with the "Why them, why not me?" question stirring your thoughts. Also, while experiencing all of these new things through your years of surviving a century, there are those people who are set in there ways and may not be able to conform, or adjust, to changes our society is constantly going through. Technologies developing, new ideas, and new ways of life are some things people need to adjust to. I couldn't imagine starting life in 1912 and seeing everything from the Depression to the integration movement to everything else going in the world now while dealing with new develpments in technology. Whew!
Daniel Q Online 40
ReplyDeleteWow 116 years! There is always an upside and a downside to everything, however 2 pros for this would be that:she would have such a vast knowledge over so many different times because she has personally seen all of these things happen in history, as well as, being able to mentor people so as to tell them what you have done to get you to this great milestone of 116 years. However, there are some downsides as well which consist of: Medical issues have to be abundant at that age just due to the fact that the human body naturally deteriorates, also, seeing all of your loved ones pass away and still living has to be tough on someone.
Angelina V. 38
DeleteIn response to Daniel Q.
I completely agree! It would be truly amazing to know someone with the perspective of a person who has lived through so many changes in the world. Hearing about an event from 80 years ago would be vastly different coming from someone who lived through it and experienced it first hand.
She has really been blessed;this is amazing! One of the positive side of this is that you are able to see and spend time with family and experience many generation to come of your family. Another positive aspect is the life experiences and wisdom. I myself is not even half her age but has seen things over my life span change and witness history making events. I'm sad to say there are negatives as well first being health issues that can't be avoided due to course of the human body. The second not being able to keep up with change and technology. However, I pray that I am as lucky and would love to live that long.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Daniel Q online 40
ReplyDeleteYou did make a great point about seeing love one pass away over the years. I totally agree it has to very tough. I think over time you would have to truly develop some kind of coping mechanism to be able to deal with it. My personal biggest fear would be that my family would stick me off in a nursing home somewhere and forget about me.
William S. Online,39
ReplyDeleteOne positive consequence is the ability to enjoy retirement longer and reap the benifits of your working years longer. Another is the blessing of being around your family longer gives you more oppurtunities to share or pass on family history. One Negative consequence is stayin around longer than your children whom might not have inherited longevity. And another would be if you did not have financial security to care for yourself, you could become a burden on others that have become elderly themselves if you are depending of family.
William S. Online,39
ReplyDeleteIn response, to Adriane M.40
I agree, that be able to share stories and history is one great plus for living that long, and in contrast the pain and agony of seeing loved ones pass away before you can be hard to deal with.
Kelly S. Online, 40
ReplyDeleteTwo positive things about living this long would be: one, you would get to see your great grandkids and possibly even your great great grandkids and spend time with them and tell them all about everything that you have lived through. Two, you would get to experience all of the technical improvements that went happened during your life. On the negative side. One, you have the chance of watching your husband/wife die as well as some of your kids or your immediate family. Two, you will have to feel yourself slowing down and there is a great possibility, unless you take amazing care of your body, of extensive health problems.
Hayes. B Online,38'
ReplyDeleteThere are many positive reasons why living over a hundred years old is a wonderful thing. Being over 100 years old shows that you have been able to witness all of your family and friends full life experieces.Hopefuly that person was able to accomplish all goals and wishes in life. You would get to see decades of transforming new technology, transportation, houses, cars, style, music and more! A few negitive points on why it wouldn't be such a great life to live over a hundred would be seeing your spouse, children, family, and friends die before you. Only people left would be great great great grandchildren who would grow up and possibly be "too busy" to make any weekly or monthy visits. Also it would be really terrible to live over a hundred if that person had been suffering with any fatal diseases for a long time.
Well a positive thing to having people liveing longer is that our history could be told more accurately, you have your family and loved ones are arround to see there family gorw up and live. The down fall to people living longer is that more people living in the same amount of space the world is only so big so the bigger our population gets the less space for wildlife to grow which could possibly cause a problem for our food supply.
ReplyDeleteAdriane M. 40
DeleteI totally agree Kalah, its nothing like hearing history from someone who actually lived and survived through those difficult times. Yes the sad thing about it is most of your loved ones would be gone, but to be able to live over 100 is such a blessing.
Brad C. 36
ReplyDeleteTwo positive consequences of living to be more than one hundred years old would be: 1)(Like most others stated)You would have this extended period to share with your loved ones. 2)You would have that extended period to expand your legacy and leave a greater mark on the world. On the other hand, negatively: 1) Eventually you would increase amount of time that you were unable to care for yourself, and ultimately placing that burden on other people. 2) It would probably not be a very comfortable living when you reached that age anyway.
Ivy M.40
ReplyDeleteI can definitely gaurantee the positives. My great greandmother lived to 102 years old. The positives that have deeply effected my life has been the amount of wisdom I gained from her to her Godly views and some of the best home remedies you can imagine! She was an amzing woman who I deeply miss. Living that long can create so many memories for family and friends just from learning of their life experiences in this fast paced world we live in. The key in this listening and applying to your life what you have learned. The negative is that my children were so small, they did not get to know her and what a terrific woman whe was. They hear the stories and can see the look of admiration that I had for her. I can also agree with everyones else that the other negative is the health delines and by that stage of their live there is not much that can be done but to comfort them in the time of need.
Ivy M.Online.40
ReplyDeleteIn response to KellyS Online.40
My great grandmother lived to be 102 years old and was in good enough health that we were able to take a five generation picture which included herself,my grandmother,my mother,and my first born daughter. It is a valued picture that not too many get to have! She was to share many of her life experiences that I still hold on to today. The ones fortunate enough to live this long are a miracle within themselves.
Isjour B-Online.38 in response to Ivy M.Online.40
DeleteI agree with you my great grandfather is currently 97 and is in great shape.Healthe wise he recently stopped running about a year or two ago. It has been a wonderful experience growing old with him and listening to all of his wisdom and testimonies.As he grows old we all are able to deal with things more and able to be there for him and live with him like he has lived with us.
Adrian C.
ReplyDeleteThe Pros of living a long life would be getting to see your family grow and each generation coming into its own. You will have more time to enjoy life and do what you want to do with your life. Some of the negatives of course would be as we all age, certain things start to wear out, your body’s immunity weakens, hearing, and eyesight deteriorates. Medications prescribed to maintain health could be expensive. Therefore, if people are starting to live longer then it is probable wise to start to save up for retirement a.s.a.p.!
Christopher Bowdich
ReplyDeleteAs pros a person could watch and love thier family for longer, as well as experience many things they otherwise wouldn't.
As cons as they grow older thier body just shuts down and decays which is painful for family to watch. Also people liveing longer means people working longer which limits avaliblejobs for younger people (such as college students)
Angelina V. 38
ReplyDeleteLiving to be over 100 is really remarkable. Especially considering the strides we have made in modern medicine over the past century. Although there are definitely pros and cons to living such a long life. One of the pros I believe would be to see multiple generations of your family grow up. It would be incredible to see your grand children make a life for themselves and maybe even see your great grandchildren born. Another pro would be to see society and the world change right in front of you. That would be amazing! Could you imagine the changes one person would see living from 1890 to 1990? On the other hand one con to living past 100 would be the obvious health problems that would increase with old age. Another con I think would be outliving some of your loved ones and dealing with the difficultly of that.
Wanda B.40
ReplyDeleteThe positive of living over 100 years, would be that healthcare has improved,individuals are health concious, and individuals have more time to enjoy their lives. A negative would be that if we are living longer, we are gonna need more assistance with our health care and most likely will end up living in some type of long term care facility which also is expensive.
Sumpter B 44 at Wanda B 4o
DeleteI agree when you said if you where to live that long health would be a big thing cause you would have to be in good health to live that long.
Wanda B. 40
ReplyDeleteresponse to Angela J.
I agree with your statement. i do not think it would be enjoyable to alert and oriented and not be physically able to take care of my self.With extended age comes health issues that are irreversible and declining. i do not think me spending more time with my love one would evoke any pleasure if inturn i am a hinderance or burden to them.
Sumpter B 44
ReplyDeleteIt is a wonderful thing to live as long as she has. The positive thing about people living over a hundred is that they are a part of a rare group and is probably going to be mentioned in the local paper or news. The other positive is that you will get to be with your family and see a lot of them grow up and have children of there own. But the down fall to living that long is you will also out live some of the people in your family that was born after you. The other negative is that you my have big burden on your family cause of the health problems that come with age.
Teresa S. 40
ReplyDeleteMs. Besse Cooper has had a long life I know we all wish one day to be that old or make it to 100. A positive is that we can learn about her personal experiences that happened through out historical events first hand. Another, would be scientifically, if she is in good health what did she do to prevent her from getting ill, and what caused her to be alive for as long as she has been. Two negatives would have to be the population of this world will grow dramatically with people being born and dying each day if there are more births than deaths will our cities become overcrowded? Another would be to see all of her loved ones come and go. I would hate it if I had to see my children or my brothers go.
In response to James B, 38.
ReplyDeleteYou make a great point with the keeping up with technology. My Dad is in his late 40s and still does not understand how to use a computer nor a cellphone. We have to provide him with a flip one because it's more userfriendly as well as not as easy to break. It would be amazing if she through out her lifespan kept intouch with the developement of the world technical wise.
In response to Stacey Morris Online
ReplyDeleteI agree that there are a lot of negatives but you did list some good positives as well. i believe we share the same opinion. I also go to thinking after my entry about if she created a list, such as a bucket-list to see if she could accomplish them all. that would be cool to know. just another positive to add :)
William B. Online 39
ReplyDeleteLiving to be over 100 would be an interesting thing in life to accomplish. You get to see how technology progresses over a 100 year timespan, and how it effects everyday life. You would also get to see your great great grandchildren, possibly one step farther than that. On the other hand tho, you have to withstand the event of your friends and loved ones passing on much earlier than you. You would also have to live with deteriorating health, possibly health complications, and maybe not even enough energy to enjoy life in your later years.
William B. Online 39
ReplyDeleteIn response to Sumpter B. 44
Being in a rare group of people as you said would be a really neat thing to achieve, even if it was just for living a long time. For some reason it did not even cross my mind how much of a burden you would be on loved ones in your elder years.
William B. Online 39
ReplyDeleteIn response to Hayes B. Online 38
You made a good point as to once your family passes on, what you are left with is your great great grandchildren, who might be to busy to come spend time. Even if they did come spend time, their style, and most of the things that make up the younger generation, might be trivial to us once we reach our later years, like the things we do that our elders don't understand.
Renee' H. -39
ReplyDeletePositives- You get to see and meet so many members of your family and can have so many generations living at one time!Another positive thing would be that you get to really experience the world and evolution and how technology has changed the world. Negatives would be that you would see so many pass away before you and that is a lot of grief. Another negative would be that you grow old and your body cannot do a lot of thing syou used to be able to do, you can't be independent and that can be very stressful!!
Shaquanna Brown
ReplyDeleteThat is great that she has lived that long but I cant imagine myself living for over a hundred years. First of all, you would have to witness your loved ones, who will not live as long as you, past away and you will be left with little to no family to actually grieve with. Its hard dealing with difficult situations, such as death, by yourself. But to be the one person to out live many of you family members, it must be terrible. Another bad thing about that is the growing old process. As we age, our bodies become more and more useless to us. It becomes hard to normal everyday activities that you were once able to do. Your independence will be taken away from you and you will always need someone to help you.
A good positive thing about living longer is being able to watch all your children, grand children and other family member grow up and teach them many things that you have learned from past experiences. You will also be able to experience the ever evolving world around you. I admit it would be cool to see the what the world would be like 80 years from now.
Patrick Healy
ReplyDeleteTo live over one hundred years of age is quite an achievement. However, with that being said there are advantages to this as well as disadvantages. Some of the advantages are to have lived through so much history. For example, a person born in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s has lived through World Wars, numerous presidents, natural disasters, the baby boom, the Cold War and so on. Very few people have gotten this opportunity. Another advantage to this is being able to see your family grow. People who have lived to be over one hundred have seen their kids grow up, there grand kids grow up and even there great-grand kids grow up. This is something to be thankful for.
There are disadvantages to this also. People over one hundred tend to have health problems due to old age and gain medical bills which they might not be able to pay back, forcing their children to pay instead. Another disadvantage would be seeing their loved ones die before them. What is often the case is that they will outlive their spouse and often their children which are quite sad to think about. In conclusion, living to this age has advantages and disadvantages like everything else in life.
Buffie M. 40
ReplyDeleteLiving to or past 100 years old is a blessing and a curse.I think that the main 2 advantages from reaching the 100th birthday would be having more time with your loved ones and having the opportunity to see how history and technology change. The main 2 disadvantages would be waiting your love ones pass away before you, like your children, and the pains and physical problems that go along with aging. These issues affect lots of elderly not just ones that make the century mark
Isjour B-online.38
ReplyDeleteLiving past 100 is a blessing to be able to see all of your loved ones grow up and being able to experience different situations in your life.You also get to experience history as it grows and develops.I dont believe living past 100 is a curse because you can experience health issues at any age, And if your living past 100 you must be in pretty good shape.I would consider a wonderful honor to make it as far as a 100.You know that you truly have lived your life.
LaTia W online 39 in response to Isjour B online 38...
DeleteI agree with you that it would be a blessing to live past 100, even to 100. That has to be an awesome experience to see so many things and so many evolutions in a lifetime. You are absolutely right that health issues can occur at any age. Definitely to live that long you would want a productive, healthy life and not just be in this world. It is definitely an honor on every level.
Melissa Perez 39
ReplyDeleteold wGrowing ith your family and seeing grand, great, and even great-great- grandchildren would be a very positive reason to live old. You would be able to witness more history and even realte to history of your time to your family. Some negatives things would be the burden you may feel on your family; needing to rely on them for alot of much needed support. You may lose loved ones or gain many expensive medical bills in which you can not cover. There are positive and negative advantages of living well into old age.
What are two (2) positive AND two (2) negative consequences of living more than one hundred years?
ReplyDelete2 positive consequences of living more than 100 years would be that knowledge you would be able to give to your younger family members, wisdom passed down to me from older relatives or people I meet, has always been of value to me. Another positive consequence would be the oppurtunity to experience more things than others that didn't live as long, or more time to make corrections in mistakes you made. 2 important negatives consequences would be maybe you would have good health so your quality of life might now be enjoyable, and lastly, it might be disheartening to see all your loved ones die before you.
Shaylynn S.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing to see people who get the chance to be able to live to or past 100 years. An advantage of living to 100 years would be the fact that you have so many memories from living to that age and life changing events you would get to experiance rather they were good or bad just the fact that you got to live to tell the tell. The disadvantage in living till 100 is the health problems that may occur along the way and the people that you have to experiance passing away that you shouldnt have to. Over all It is great to see how she has taken such good care of her self to being that old!!!
LaTia W online 39...First I would like to say that she is extremely blessed to have lived so long. An advantage of living to 100 years or older would be the fact that you are able to spend time with your family and see generation after generation grow. The disadvantage of living to be this age would be your declining health and seeing so many go on before you. Its amazing and awesome to live so long but it also comes with pain and grief as well. It can work both ways.
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