After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethbell Pepper could
easily have decided to sit back and (36) and enjoy a
peaceful (37) . But that kind of life is not for Ethbell
pepper. "I just wanted to do something (38) . If you are
going to (39) in life, do it. Don’t just sit down and look
out the window," said she. At 68, she decided to become one of the (40)
participants in a program at the University of California; The program
offers (41) housing and classes to people over sixty. She
(42) up for a class called Human Relationships and (43)
Society. "I taught my minority students in my English and drama
classes in a high school for 20 years. But in this course, I found out a lot
about other cultures I didn’t know then. (44) ."
Older adults can add to the educational resources of the university by
bringing with them a lot of valuable experience. (45) . Young
students may have fears of growing older. But (46) . The
younger students can begin to see aging as a natural part of living.