35/10

    Earlier this week my class had the chance to read a poem called 35/10 by Sharon Olds. This poem made me realize somethings about how we see things in our everyday lives. Not only is the assumption at the end of the poem correct, that the world is a game of replacement, but we as humans are also see ourselves as old, ugly, and dumb when something new comes in to play.

    Us humans think that the new people are better, that they will succeed at something we can't, that they can do thing quicker and easier than us. Yet we, the 35 to their10, have so much more to offer in experience, wisdom, and efficiency. We have wisdom and knowledge of both successes and failures which can help us through many of the problems the new people will have in their first few years. This poem shows a great example of how society wants us to be seen and used. It is more likely that a job interviewer will likely higher the more experienced and OLDER who has knowledge and wisdom to work for them than the young, green, and wet behind the ear applicant who is just getting out in the game.

     This poem doesn't just show this work aspect it help tell people that yes the young girl of ten is beautiful and the  mother is not, but the role of the mother will soon be taken by the daughter herself and then the daughters daughter, and so on and so forth. Beauty is fleeting, but yet being old doesn't mean you aren't beautiful, you are pretty in your own way and people are going to love you just the same. Over and over again this poem show that by getting older you lose beauty but if you look at today's society most of our actors that are attractive are old beauty can stay with you even when you are older.

     35/10 shows a great deal of controversy in our world and shows that what may seem old and ugly may actually be wise, smart, and beautiful in their own way.