Assignment Task: Talk to someone over the age of 60. They can be a relative or a friend. The older, the better! Be sure that they know you will use their answers in class. Do not share the name of your interviewee in the discussion, although you can call them by a nickname (e.g. "Grandma").
Ask them:
1. How is your life different now from when you were in your twenties and thirties?
2. If you have children, how would you compare having adult children to still having children at home? If you do not have children, what are the advantages of being childless?
3. If you are retired, what is best about retirement? What do you miss? If you are not retired, what do you look forward to about retirement?
4. How has technology changed for you since you were 20 years old? What are the positive and negatives about the technology changes that you see?
5. What advice would you offer someone my age?
If you think of another question to ask, do it!
Please post what you found out in your interview. It will be interesting to you to read what others found out, and it might give you a good idea of what aging is like. This discussion may be a little longer than others, which is the reason for increased credit.