...What I see as the biggest challenges young adults face today A. General Purpose- The general purpose of this speech is to inform people on what I think are the biggest challenges that young adults face today. B. Specific Purpose-The specific purpose is to persuade young adults to make better choices to overcome their present (and future) challenges. C. Central idea- I think that young adults should consider their futures. I also believe that they should follow the past life examples of the generations before them and use them as a blueprint to their lives. Introduction One of the contributing challenges in a young adult’s life is the factor of employability that many face in this day and age. A. Key point #1 The lack of employability caused by criminal convictions. B. Key point #2 The lack of education. C. Key point #3 The absence of work ethics. II. Body of the Presentation A. Main Point #1-Young adults sometimes make lifestyle choices that are detrimental to their future. 1. Supporting material-Some young adults make choices to indulge in criminal activity. 2. Supporting material-A lot of young adults adopt the “Sink or swim” mindset because of a sense of urgency causing them to do so. B. Main Point #2-Many young adults believe in coasting through life without lack of responsibility, thus not achieving educational goals. 1. Supporting material-Many young adults still have their parents assisting them in this mode of...
Words: 338 - Pages: 2
...THE CHANGES IN LATER ADULTHOOD VIRGIE BALL WEEK 4 Late adulthood can bring on many changes in your loved one’s life. These changes can range from retirement, physical and mental issues and/or loss of a spouse, children1 or close friend; however, these changes can be very terrifying. Later adulthood can be divided into two groups, the young old which are the ages of 65-74 and many of them still work, travel and have regular social lifestyles. Old old ages 75+ and many struggle with keeping their independence, loss of social interaction, activities and all the medical issues that have arose in their life. These changes can also open the door for many psychological changes, but not all bad. The good changes can lead one to feel free to finally really live their lives and do some of the things they’ve only dreamed of, some call it a bucket list. Others suffer from these changes with worrying, depression and fear which can cause other medical issues such as heart attacks and high blood pressure. Physically, an older adult’s activity level can slowly decrease. Walking can become difficult, eye sight, hear and intellectual functions can change leaving them to lose their presence in society. Older adults can continue to live in their own homes with very little incidents or worries. Others, due to severe medical and/or physical issues will need 24 hour care and assistance. This kind of care and help can either be impossible to provide in the home or very expensive....
Words: 617 - Pages: 3
...Savanna Gonzalez English 1301 Christine Morgan October 20, 2014 Childhood VS. Adulthood As we go through our life we have two important parts and those include the time of childhood and adulthood. It is all a matter of how you see both time periods. Although both are key stages in life, the responsibility free and fun loving lifestyle of childhood is nostalgic. One major difference between childhood and adult hood is that children are able to be free in their behavior. For example, children can make all these notable mistakes because as a young child that is when you are starting to learn right from wrong, so you will not get severally punished. Plus young children can also be silly all the time and not be as serious about certain situations. It is like a care free sense of behavior because you do not do things to impress or get people to think highly of you. Plus a child`s behavior is full of boundless energy it is like you are never tired. Unlike when you are an adult your behavior should be on point always on the streets, at work, and with family. Because as an adult you should already know right from wrong and it is not as easy to get away with your mistakes or abnormal behaviors. As an adult you also have to be more serious about almost every situation you are faced with you cannot just blow it off carelessly. You would have to tend to it. Not to mention that your energy level basically decreases the older you get so an adult just feels more drained. Children...
Words: 720 - Pages: 3
...Gordon's Functional Health Patterns: Family Assessment With the various detailed questions related to the health perception, M. Houston perceives her level of health as generally healthy, but with numerous unhealthy patterns. With no history of colds/flu over the last few years, she denies ever taking flu vaccines, nor has her health ever been the cause for lost work hours. A smoker of at least 33 years, she currently reports smoking approximately 10 cigarettes per day, a significantly amount less compared to previous years. Physician recommendations have been to stop smoking, but she reports this as, "not being easy but I never really tried to stop" (personal communication, Aside from the extensive smoking history, there were other health related entities to take into consideration. Weight management is a health concern where much focus was given. When obtaining information about the things that are most important for her health, maintaining a healthy weight was given highest priority second was blood pressure and cholesterol control. This was interesting because the family has a significant history for heart disease, and hypertension, both of which medications are being prescribed for. However, blood pressure and cholesterol control was not given as much priority as weight management. Since years of elementary school, teachers have instructed their students on the importance of a good night’s rest. Somehow as adults we often forget these basic principles instilled in...
Words: 934 - Pages: 4
...Intestinal parasites In humans, three types of intestinal parasites may live in the small and large intestines: tapeworms, roundworms, and protozoa. Certain types remain in the intestines; others travel outside the intestines to invade other organs. Some are so small they can only be seen under a microscope; others can be many feet long. Most tapeworms and roundworms develop in the human body and lay their eggs there. The eggs then pass out of the body through feces and can infest others (CDC, 2013). Intestinal parasites exist throughout the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 3.5 billion people worldwide are infested with some type of intestinal parasite, and as many as 450 million of them are sick as a result (Stansfield et. al, 2002). These infections are responsible for high levels of morbidity and mortality, including iron-deficiency anemia, seizures, portal hypertension, and chronic diarrhea (Stansfield et. al, 2002; Craig & Ito, 2007). The prevalence of intestinal parasites is determined by the socioeconomic and health conditions, education and beliefs related to traditional health practices, as well as the presence of domestic animals in the home and contamination of water and food. Age is also an associated factor related to the individual’s immunologic status and behavioral patterns contributing to the high prevalence of intestinal parasites in children than in adults (Jameneh, 1998; Long et. al, 1995). Children also are vulnerable to serious...
Words: 257 - Pages: 2
...Abstract There are many different types of hernias. The most common type is inguinal which occurs in the groin (Balentine, J.R, 2010). Other types of hernias are femoral, umbilical, incisional, hiatal, sports, and congenital diaphragmatic. Symptoms of a hernia may include pain or discomfort and localized swelling on the abdomen or in the groin area. If a hernia is found the usual treatment is surgery. Most common surgery is laparoscopic. What is a hernia? Why do we get them? What are symptoms caused by hernias? Who is more likely to get a hernia? How to help prevent from getting a one? These are all questions many people have. A hernia is any condition in which the viscera protrude through a weak point in the muscular wall of the abdominopelvic cavity (Saladin, 2010). This may cause a bulge or tear in the abdominal wall. This can be more noticeable when the muscles in the stomach are tightened causing pain. Lifting weights or heavy objects, running, or straining to have a bowel movement can put strain on the abdominal area and worsen the hernia. A hernia may be likened to a failure in the sidewall of a tire. The tire’s inner tube behaves like the organ and the side wall like the body cavity wall providing the restraint. A weakness in the sidewall allows a bulge to develop allowing the inner tube to protrude leading to the eventual failure of the tire. (Hernia Symptoms, 2007-2008) There are many different types of hernias that effect men, women, and children...
Words: 333 - Pages: 2
...The disease i choose is Hemorrhoids , hemorrhoids are swollen veins in the lowest part of your rectum and anus . Sometimes the walls of these blood vessels stretch so thin that the veins bulge and get irritated especially when you are trying to go to restroom , hemorrhoids are one of the most common causes of rectal bleeding they rarely dangerous and usually clear up in a couple of weeks . The question is what causes hemorrhoids a buildup of pressure in your lower rectum can affect blood flow and make the veins there swell , that may happen from extra weight or when you obese or pregnant or straining when you do something that is physically hard , like lifting something heavy you also may get them if you have constipation or diarrhea that does...
Words: 290 - Pages: 2
...LeRoy Karas’ Casey Williams Human Behavior and the environment HN144 Kaplan University September 28, 2013 LeRoy Karas’ LeRoy seemed to have his future within reach. He was an amazing football player and loved by everyone in his community. LeRoy was like any other sixteen year old. He had a lot of friends, muscular body and an amazing football player. What more could one ask for? LeRoy received a football scholarship and went to collage. During his time in collage LeRoy found himself drinking and smoking much more then before. LeRoy was married twice and divorced twice before the age of fifty. He fathered six children whom he never saw at all. LeRoy bounced around job to job but spent the majority of his earnings on alcohol. LeRoy gained a lot of weight and was up to 285 pounds by the time he reached forty eight. By the age of sixty one he found out that his health was declining fast. He was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and told he would not live too much longer. Within three years LeRoy was hospitalized and informed that he has emphysema. His attitude changed for the worse while being cared for. He did not have any visitors and wishes he would die. LeRoy had a brother named ElRoy and he had achieved much more in life. I feel as though his brother’s success may have made LeRoy jealous and not as equal. Growing up with his brother, LeRoy envied him because of his parents always showing affection and praise to him. LeRoy suffers from...
Words: 1434 - Pages: 6
...alcohol abuse, parental control of the juvenile, and if there might be school/peer issues that contribute to the offense. This is important because if the system were to punish each and every juvenile for every offense committed then the system would be full of juveniles that are not given the chance to redeem themselves or even give the offender the chance to make things rights. Just because an offender has committed a crime does not mean that the offender will not change, if given the opportunity. Why the risk assessment is more important for juveniles than for adults is because the adult has already proven that he or she has had prior offenses and most likely will return to the system. If the system were to continue the assessments into adulthood then there would not be a "difference" between the adult system and the juvenile system. Champion, D. J. (2010). The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law (6th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice...
Words: 254 - Pages: 2
...Social Development Research • A study was done to examine violent behavior from ages 13 to 21 and identified predictors at age 10. • 55% of youth engaged in violence in adolescence, but desisted from any violence in early adulthood. • 16% of people persisted in violent behaviors at age 21. • The analysis performed and referred to in this article found that factors loaded consistently on three components, which were labeled; Early Individual Characteristics, Early Pro-social Development, and Early Antisocial influences. Explain why you chose this topic and article: I chose the topic (childhood risk factors for persistence of violence in the transition of adulthood) because violence among children has become more and more common over the years. It is not unheard of to hear a child brought a gun, knife, or even a hand grenade to school. I was curious to learn what characteristics were shown in these type of children and what the likely hood was for them to turn around their lifestyle as an adult. Key points of the article: The key points in this article were the numbers given during and after the study. It showed that more than half of youth that were engaged in violence in their childhood years retracted from any violence in early adulthood. The article also made it a point to inform that some differences in risk profiles did develop after combining risk and protective factors into component scales that were based on results of the principal components analysis. If you...
Words: 405 - Pages: 2
...self. This poor sense of self might be hidden down deep until a certain age like our early 40’s where we begin to reflect back on our life. Missing a maternal love as a child has repercussions in adulthood that can result in no success being good enough to satisfy the adults need to compensate for the missing maternal love. A mid-life crisis is a topic that has always interested me. Some men and women use the term mid-life crisis as an excuse for any bad behavior or mistakes they make in their early to mid-40’s. The cause behind a mid-life crisis has always interested me, knowing that someone did not wake up one day and decide to spend an obscene amount of money on a little sports car or commit adultery after a very loving marriage. In a male child’s life, a mother plays a very large role in creating a healthy sense of self and belonging. It only makes sense that for any male that is lacking a loving maternal relationship will suffer social-development setbacks at some point in their life. When reaching a certain point in our life we are all guilty of looking back over our life at our accomplishments and failures, however most of us are well equipped to be proud of our accomplishments and realize what our failures are allowing us to continue moving along in our adulthood with no major hiccups. This article would be a terrific asset to any research paper regarding a mid-life crisis, especially a research...
Words: 421 - Pages: 2
...Donald Super Developmental self-concept Donald Super’s career model is based on the belief that self-concept changes over time and develops as a result of experience. [pic] One of Donald Super’s greatest contributions to career development has been his emphasis on the importance of the development of self-concept. According to Super, self-concept changes over time and develops as a result of experience. As such, career development is lifelong. Super’s five life and career development stages Super developed the theories and work of colleague Eli Ginzberg. Super felt that Ginzberg’s work had weaknesses, which he wanted to address. Super extended Ginzberg’s work on life and career development stages from three to five, and included different sub-stages. |Stage 1: Growth |Age 0–14 |Characteristics: Development of self-concept, attitudes, needs and general world | | | |of work | |Stage 2: Exploration |Age 15–24 |Characteristics: “Trying out” through classes, work experience, hobbies. Tentative| | | |choice and skill development | |Stage 3: Establishment |Age 25–44 |Characteristics: Entry-level skill building and stabilisation through work | | ...
Words: 403 - Pages: 2
...Paper on Changes in Adulthood Amylyn Thomas University of Phoenix Change is a word that is said often but not many realize how much it affects their lives. As people grow, they change in each stage. The changes that occur during early, middle, and late adulthood are physical, emotional, cognitive, and developmental. As people grow, these changes help them to form personalities, and views on life. They go to college, get married, have children of their own, work for many years, and retire. It is smart to remember that change is a part of life and development and without it we do not become the people that they become. The first stage that will be discussed is early adulthood. There are many changes that occur during this stage because this is when the person goes from high school to college which is a new experience. This is the transition into adulthood because they start to think about their future. They decide on the degree that will impact what job field they will go into, start their finical stability and start to develop intimate and professional relationships. The physical aspect of early adulthood is biological aging. Biological aging begins in early adulthood and continues until death. There are many theories to biological aging. One theory is that the existence of aging genes that control the biological changes. These genes can control menopause, gray hair and the determination of body cells. One physical aspect is cardiovascular and repistroy systems...
Words: 1090 - Pages: 5
...Life Stages Interviews and Reports Everyone perspectives on lifestyle changes in all phases of adulthood have changed drastically over the years. Different choices, influences, and situations play a part in adult’s choices that they make throughout his or her young early, middle, and late adulthood years. Team A has conducted three interviews that focus on each stage of adulthood. The interview will cover some of the biological factors, cognitive factors, psychosocial factors, and cultural factors that influence the interviewees. All of the issues help to explain many of the lifestyle changes that adults make over the years. Young Adulthood The first interview conducted focused on the early stage of adulthood. A young woman age 25 by the name of Kelsey was asked a series of questions to help us gain some insight on her stage of development and allow her responses to be analyzed. I began with questions regarding her physical stage of development. I asked Kelsey how she feels about her physical state and what she does to take care of herself. Her response explained that she believes that she is in pretty good health although she does not have to do too much to stay that way. She reported that she eats fast- food a few times a week due to her busy schedule, but she does make time to exercise at least three times a week. She is a college student at the local college and she is also working part-time. I asked if there are any apparent differences between your previous physical...
Words: 2253 - Pages: 10
...1.Signs and Symptoms: Normally, babies have a bowel movement in the first one to two days after birth. Hirschsprung's disease is usually suspected if a newborn doesn't have a bowel movement within the first two days after birth. Babies with Hirschsprung's disease may have swollen abdomens and may vomit green bile after feeding. While most babies are diagnosed soon after birth, some children are not diagnosed until later in life. These children often have severe constipation, diarrhea, slow weight gain or a life-threatening infection of the bowel called enterocolitis. 2.Diagnosis There are two tests commonly used to diagnose Hirschprung's disease: Contrast Enema — During this first test a special liquid, called contrast, fills the large intestine through a small tube placed in the anus. X-ray images are taken as the liquid enters the intestine. If Hirschsprung's disease is present, the pictures will show a wide or dilated area next to a narrow area of intestine. The narrow area is the part of the bowel without ganglion cells. The wide area is healthy bowel filled with stool that can't be passed. Biopsy — In the second study, a pediatric surgeon takes two to three tiny tissue samples of the large intestine, near the anus, using a narrow suction tube placed into the anus. This procedure is not painful. Biopsy samples are examined under a microscope for the ganglion cells. If ganglion cells are seen in the tissue samples, the intestine is normal and there is no Hirschsprung's...
Words: 437 - Pages: 2
