...Perception on aging a. Do you think you are getting old? Ans: At 68 years, I am getting old. But I don’t think I am really old. Look at me, I can still do things for myself, if I am given the chance. But they don’t allow me because they think I am old. b. What age do you think you will consider yourself as being old? Ans: (She smiled and looked at researcher calmly) I don’t know what age I think I will consider myself old. But when I feel it, I will know. May be I will say when I am 80 years old or more, then I will take myself to be old. Age is in the heart. c. What make(s) you feel you are getting old? Ans: What makes me feel I am getting old? (She paused for a while). I think when I can no longer feel anything or see the need to live again. I think I will say when I can’t do anything for myself, like clean my own back, then, I am really getting old. Until then, I am not that old. d. How do you feel when you are treated as being old? Ans: I don’t like to be treated as being old. I am not an old woman. When these children try to make feel like one, I tell them I am still current. (Touching her hair) She said, I still make my hair. I like to look good. So when I get treated like an old woman, I don’t like it. But they all treat me like one. My children feel that I am old and need to be here, in a nursing home. It is only one or two of the staff here who treat me the way I want. Others think and act as if I am old. No way. I am not old. 3. Aging experiences a. Do you...
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...Shanta starting dating in the eighth grade all the way until my mother was twenty-two years old and my father was twenty-three years old, and I was two years old. When I was two years old I lived with both of my parents in Charleston, IL on Reynolds Drive. I don’t remember much because of my age, but what I do know is my parents fought with each other all of the time and it wasn’t going to work out so they split up in the best interest of all three of us. As soon as my parents split up, my mom moved away to Du.Qouin, IL. She lived there for about eight years, which would’ve made me about ten years old....
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..."A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" Two waiters in a café in Spain keep watch on their last customer of the evening, an old and wealthy man who is a regular at the café and drinks to excess. They discuss the fact that he tried to commit suicide the week before, but that it could not have been over anything important because he had plenty of money. The old man asks for another brandy and one of the waiters brings it to him. The two waiters discuss their customer further, saying his niece found him hanging himself and cut him down to save his soul, and that without a wife he must be lonely. One of the waiters is younger than his colleague is, and expresses impatience to close up the café and get home to his wife. The other one, a middle-aged man, defends the old man, saying that he stays so late at the café every night because he has no one to go home to. Finally, the young waiter refuses the old man’s order for another drink, and the man pays and leaves. The two waiters close up the café and the middle-aged one again rebukes the other, saying he should have let the old man stay. The middle-aged waiter says he understands the old man’s reluctance to leave, and that he is always hesitant to lock up because someone may “need” the cafe because it is clean, well lighted, and overshadowed by the leaves of trees. The young waiter boasts that he has everything: youth, confidence, and a job. The middle-aged waiter says he and his colleague are indeed different, and that he himself lacks...
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...A Death in the Woods - Sherwood Anderson She was an old woman and lived on a farm near the town in which I lived. All country and small-town people have seen such old women, but no one knows much about them. Such an old woman comes into town driving an old worn-out horse or she comes afoot carrying a basket. She may own a few hens and have eggs to sell. She brings them in a basket and takes them to a grocer. There she trades them in. She gets some salt pork and some beans. Then she gets a pound or two of sugar and some flour. Afterwards she goes to the butcher's and asks for some dog-meat. She may spend ten or fifteen cents, but when she does she asks for something. Formerly the butchers gave liver to any one who wanted to carry it away. In our family we were always having it. Once one of my brothers got a whole cow's liver at the slaughter-house near the fairgrounds in our town. We had it until we were sick of it. It never cost a cent. I have hated the thought of it ever since. The old farm woman got some liver and a soup-bone. She never visited with any one, and as soon as she got what she wanted she lit out for home. It made quite a load for such an old body. No one gave her a lift. People drive right down a road and never notice an old woman like that. There was such an old woman who used to come into town past our house one Summer and Fall when I was a young boy and was sick with what was called inflammatory rheumatism. She went home later carrying a heavy pack on her...
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...Assignment 4.1: Old Yeller Lisa Hannigan The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Abstract When people think of the book or the movie, Old Yeller is a great book (and movie) that is often thought of as a story about the bond a boy and his dog, a common topic in many TV shows and books, like Lassie. However, Old Yeller, as it turns out, proves to be much more than that; it is a true coming-of-age story. At 14 years old, Travis Coates lives with his mother and little brother, Arliss, in the hill country of Texas during the 1860s when his father must leave home to work on a cattle drive. He leaves Travis to “act a man’s part” and take care of the family. While working in a cornfield one day, Travis come across Old Yeller and tries to drive him away, but his younger brother, Arliss likes Old Yeller and stands up for him to Travis. When Old Yeller saves Arliss from a black bear, he wins the affection of the family, especially Travis with whom he forms a strong bond. Later on, the family notices signs of rabies in their cow, Spot. As a precaution, Old Yeller must be put in a pen as a precaution in case he develops any signs of rabies. By this time, the reader (or moviegoer) has formed such a strong bond with Old Yeller, that, when Old Yeller does get rabies, Travis is forced to shoot him to end his suffering and learns firsthand one of the most difficult virtues of true manhood-- sacrifice. Keywords: bond, manhood, family, love, sacrifice. Most people remember Old Yeller as...
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...HUM 176 Week 7 Rating the News Sites Get Tutorial by Clicking on the link below or Copy Paste Link in Your Browser https://hwguiders.com/downloads/hum-176-week-7-rating-news-sites/ For More Courses and Exams use this form ( http://hwguiders.com/contact-us/ ) Feel Free to Search your Class through Our Product Categories or From Our Search Bar (http://hwguiders.com/ ) Baghdad, Iraq (CNN). News today that will I discuss on the killing of innocent people of our fellow Christians and the suffering faced in Iraq. Police in Mosul said there are three people were killed Monday in Iraq in the latest attack against Christians, the attack was the only one of two brothers of Christians in the northern city of Mosul when gunmen stormed into a place of work in the industrial city and shot them. The two brothers they were working in the welding in a workshop belonging to them in Mosul. Police also found an old woman Christian killed strangled in her home in central Mosul. The attacks spread on The Christians since the last attack in 31 October in Baghdad goes all the way up to the northern regions of the country. Local police last week stated that a sticky bomb placed in a Christian car exploded in eastern Mosul killing him and killing his daughter six years old. HUM 176 Week 7 Rating the News Sites Get Tutorial by Clicking on the link below or Copy Paste Link in Your Browser https://hwguiders.com/downloads/hum-176-week-7-rating-news-sites/ For More Courses and Exams...
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...Narrator: There was once an old lady who had raised a niece since she was a tiny baby. She had taught the girl to be good, obedient, and industrious, especially the souls in purgatory. As the girl grew older and very beautiful, the old woman began to worry that when she died on her niece would be left all alone in the world, a world which her niece saw only through innocent eyes. Old Lady: Dear Lord, as I daily prayed to all saint’s in heaven for our intercession in heaven to You that You might send some good man who would fall in love with my niece and marry her… then I could die in peace. Narrator: As it happens, the old woman did chores for a comadre who had a rooming house. Among her tenants there was a seemingly rich merchant who one day said: Rich Merchant: I would like to get married. If I could find a niece quiet girl who knew to keep the house tidy, and to be a good wife and mother to our children when they came. (As the old lady heard the rich merchant, her eyes opened and began to smile and scheme to her mind, for she could imagine her niece married to the niece gentleman.) (The old lady told something to the merchant) Old Lady: You could find all that you are looking for in my niece, who is a jewel, a piece of gold, and so gifted that she could even catch birds while they were flying. (The gentleman became interested) Rich Merchant (Gentleman): Hmmmm… I would like to meet your niece, may I go to your house tomorrow? Old Woman: Why yes of course...
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...My reflection of the empathy exercise gives an insight into aging and it’s a good experience for me because it gives me the ability of being old feels like. I did the empathy exercise on the wheelchair by navigating through obstacles just to get across, but I had to reroute every time I get stuck on an obstacle and couldn’t go through to get from destination A to destination B. Through, the of rerouting I had to make several turns and slows down and take my time without causing any injury to myself to get to my destination, while a young person can walk through the obstacles like it’s nothing. Being old make’s everything in a slower pace and handle with care because old people are very fragile and when they fall their body doesn’t heal as fast...
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...Every time I get in a vehicle, I ensure everyone has his or her seatbelt on and I make it a point to be as safe as I can be when I drive. Unfortunately, there are certain things that even I cannot control. Imagine something so dangerous that it can take away everything and/or everyone you have in mere seconds, regardless of how safe you are. No matter what safety precautions anyone has taken, statistics show that teenagers, more specifically, sixteen year olds, are the most dangerous drivers on the road. Not only are they a danger to themselves, but even more frighteningly, they are a danger everyone around them. Because of this, I believe the driving age limit should be raised to eighteen and sixteen year olds should not be given a “graduated” driver’s license. Driving is a task that requires the utmost attention to detail. Multitasking is perhaps one of the most important things that any driver has to do when he or she gets behind the wheel. You have to pay attention to your speed, other drivers, pedestrians, road conditions, and much more. Because teenagers get distracted so easily, they are often poor at multitasking. This, in addition to the complexities of driving, makes teenagers, specifically sixteen year olds, the most dangerous drivers on the road. In fact, motor vehicle accidents are the number one killer of teenagers, with an estimated 5,000 deaths attributed to it every year. (Schlachtenhaufen, 2008). Even more startling, sixteen year olds have a five...
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...children. Hoisting them on to his shoulders reading to them at bedtime and studying there beautiful faces when they fall asleep. He enjoys sleeping and letting his head drift of, dreaming the unexplainable. He is not afraid of lying down to an afternoon nap that goes on and on through eternity. “I am not-I think I am not- afraid of dying”[1] he concludes. Even though there is one thing that he fears when he one day lies down to take his nap and never wakes up. Dead people can’t read books. 2. An Outline of the attitudes to old age The three texts show different views of the attitudes to aging. The essay by William Maxwell, text 1, takes the reader back in time and while the author explains the audiences run along side and hear about all the joy through out his life. In the article [2] research says that “the golden years really are golden”[3] that people get happier the older they get. Attitudes against aging have in the society become positive and cheerful. The internet article by Dan Bell[4], text 3, is filled with loneliness and fear. Fear of being alone and to be insistent towards your family and friends. The attitude against aging has for some become dark, fearsome and lonely. 3. A comment on the statement from text 1 “ I have liked remembering almost as much as I have liked living”. The viewpoint of the essay ““Nearing 90” is that we all get old. But there is...
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...Morris, we see how easily our decent actions can be misunderstood. The novel is about an old man, who is very poor. He often comes and samples puddings in a store. The narrator feels sorry for the old man and wants to help him. But what was really a good intention ends up with many bitter privations. The narrator is a 1. person narrator and he has often wondered of this privilege of samples is imposed, so he asks the shop girl about it. “Now there’s one old gentleman, for instance,” she told me, “who comes here almost every week and samples each one of the puddings, though he never buys anything and I suppose he never will. I remember him from last year and the year before that, too”(p. 1, ll. 9-12) The shop girl tells that the wondering the narrator has been having is true. But she thinks it’s okay, because the old man is very poor and probably can't afford to buy one. This gets the reader to wonder, if this privilege really is imposed. As reader you get curious too. There is a very detailed description of the old man, which makes the reader symphasize with him. So when you hear the story about the old and poor man, and you get the full description, you get a feeling that you have to help this really poor man. The narrator wants to help the old and poor man, because he feels sorry for him. …In an sudden burst of benevolence, one of those bursts which so often bring pain instead of joy, I went up to him and said: “Pardon me, sir will you do me a favour? Let me purchase you one...
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...fashion is style or practice in clothing, footwear, accessories and apparels. Fashion varies from region to region and country to country with some distinctive and habitual trends. In other terms, fashion means more advancement in clothing. As fashion refers to the newest creation of textile designers. As, I already told fashion is broad term and it also relates to jewellery. And in today’s era, fashions are showed by various fashion models. And because of its growing popularity, various television channels are also introduced for fashion such as, fashion t v. For middle age people, fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live and the status we create. For age groups, young and middle age people fashion values something different. Today’s youth is mainly concerned with accessories and apparels but for adults or middle age fashion is a very vast term. This has lot to do in their lives. But fashion do not remains the same; it keeps on changing with the pace of time. And the reason behind this rapid change in fashion is growing number of places to shop with different brands. Fashion is finally catching up to function when it comes to the older people .not many baby boomers want to have an ugly stainless steel grab bar in the beautiful bathroom. Especially for the older adults Canadian builders intended to add more accessible features to their designs. (Harris, 2012) From my point of view women who are interested in today’s...
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...Relational Care Lupanch Gupta - 86510 Coleman University Relational Care Several countries have diverse point of views when it comes on taking care of their family especially when they get old. People in several countries feel that taking care of their elders should be obliged. They choose to please themselves by letting an institutions or long-term facilities to take care of their loved ones. In the Philippines where I was born and grew up having too many children is acceptable, the mothers as well as the fathers believe that having many children will give them a chance not to end up staying in a interpersonal facilities or homecare when they get old. They think that their children will take good care of them once they get older. But in reality having many children will not guarantee the parents that when they get older their children will take care of them. Where will we go when we get old? This is one of the questions that some old people ask themselves when their kids start to leave them to start their own lives. In United States very few children will be taking of their parents when they grow old. There are a lot of reasons why they do not take care of their parents when they grow old and one of it is health condition. “The most widespread condition affecting those 65 and older is coronary heart disease, followed by stroke, cancer, pneumonia and the flu. Accidents, especially falls that result in hip fractures, are also unfortunately...
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...Old Yeller Recently, my class and I read a book called Old Yeller written by Fred Gipson, and also watched the movie version produced by Disney. In it’s simplest description — Old Yeller is a story about a teenage boy and his new dog. To me, though the movie was somewhat different from the book, they were also alike in many ways. I’m going to tell you all about these differences and similarities. Now, when you make a movie based on a book, it should stick to the plot line for a great majority of the time. I could say that this is a necessity, but sometimes, the movie goes so far off from it’s book, that it seems like the screenplay writer just took the characters and wrote a new story, or in some cases, the movie is actually better than the book. Well, I think that the movie version of Old Yeller stuck to the plot line very well. They kept the setting (which I will get to in a few sentences), the kept the characters and they kept basically the whole theme. Which I think was good, because despite what some of my classmates thought — I enjoyed this book a lot. The setting of the book was pretty much dead on. It took place in Salt Licks, Texas, during the time period of the late 1860's. it also kept Birdsong Creek, the name of the place the Coates live. The house still has hills around it, it still has the pastures where the cows, pigs and old Jumper, the family’s mule, live. Though it was not what I had thought of when I read the book, it was a perfect setting. The...
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...Ballet blanc was a time period when all the dancers wore white. For instance, ballet dancers would all look the same (height, weight, hair color, skin color, etc.) and they would wear soft romantic tutus that flowed down to their ankles. Their pointe shoes and tights were even white! The atmosphere that the ballet blanc created was not only sweet but soft. The lighting was soft and music was sweet. Some examples of ballet blanc would be the performance of La Sylphide, act two and Giselle. I chose to watch and write about the video on Coppelia by the Royal Ballet. The performance took place on a stage in a theater. The lighting was darker, but where the two main dancers were on stage it was more lighted so you could see them more clearly. On the stage there were many props ranging from a table and chairs to life sized dolls and manikins in the background. Not only were there props, but the stage was decorated as if the setting was taking place in a basement or cellar. The sound of the music created a dark, light, mysterious, and magical feeling to the...
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