Adult education

What does it mean to “come of age”? To come of age is to transition from being a child to becoming an adult; going through different major milestones/phases in life. You reach an age where you change your place in society. If you are 2 years old, you don’t go to school but when you are 5, you enter elementary school, then middle school, then high school, then you go off the university, then enter to active lifestyle where you learn to depend on yourself to survive. You gain more independency as…

elements is a relationship status. Positive relationships with significant others in one’s adult years have been found to contribute to a state of well-being. This means that if one is having a loving relationship, there’s a good chance that they are really happy. It is challenging to find and maintain a perfect relationship. Another element is when a young adult moves away from their home. If a young adult moves away from their home at the right time, then they can receive many benefits. For…

Becoming an adult means a lot of different things. When one turns 18, they are allowed to purchase cigarettes or snuff and go to casinos. They can register to vote, and if they are male, register for the draft. At age 21, the purchase and consumption of alcohol is legal, college majors have been solidified, and for some people, families have been started. Surely by age 25, adulthood has set in. There are bills to pay, jobs to perform, and there are certainly responsibilities that extend…

In your lifetime you will arrive at an age when you begin to think you are now an adult and have now reached a strong maturity level. That age is different for everyone and is defined by many different events such as a death, a party, a ritual and other life moments. In today's society, there is no reason to hold a traditional coming of age ritual. In modern times not everyone is brought up in a family that will supply a traditional celebration like a Quinceañera or a Bat or Bar Mitzvah and…

While often romanticized in light-hearted novels and young adult movies, the infamous coming of age story is one that is often anything but glamorous. Inevitably, everyone faces the prospect of growing up, and, often times, the struggles with identity, responsibility, and purpose that come with it. For some, they are forced to uncomfortably reflect in order to understand the necessary progress they must make. For others, they must recognize the value of their principles and ideals, even if…

Coming of age has multiple meanings, but all have a basic definition. Coming of age means growing up, no matter what anyone thinks becoming older is what coming of age means. The phrase growing up though, is what makes coming of age a complicated word. For anyone grows up they have higher expectations. People have more expectations for the growing human to uphold and follow. Like going from high school to middle school, the students are more challenged. Teachers and parents have more…

and Jim takes down the Jolly Roger flag (black flag with the skeleton) and throws it overboard and yells “God saw the save king! Said I, waving my cap: and there’s and an end to Captain Silver!”(239) This is where I believe that he has become and adult, started as a cabin boy to a captain, from a boy who was scared of a blind pirate to the captain. His growth is very visible at this point of the story and it surprises me how fast he came to be.The thought of a young boy with no courage to…

According to Erikson (1968), for young adults of age 18 to 40, will enter the sixth developmental stage of Intimacy vs. Isolation. At this stage, emerging adults can be observed to share about themselves more intimately with others. Emerging adults would explore on building long-lasting relationships as well as working on committing to someone other than family members. Though intimacy relationship is often romantic in nature, however, close friendships are important as well. People who are…

associated with older adults is a growing area of concern. In the next 10 years, the entire baby boomer generation will cross into the older adult age group. This development is likely to highlight the already disproportionately higher rate of suicidal ideation and completion among older adults. Sawyer and Williams (2012) have conducted research to address this issue and to provide counselors with information for developing a comprehensive approach for working with older adults at risk of…

desire to raise many children. Many years later, I had my first child, it was then that I realized I was no playing houses anymore, I had numerous questions unanswered. The critical question was: How to raise my daughter to grow into a successful adult? While I was pregnant I read several books about parenting, the definition of the words “parenting” or “parents” was worthy to read, but none describes the steps to…