Gilded Age

Feudalism Before the French Revolution beginning in 1789 and with the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the French had an unfair tax system. The lords kept big chunks of the taxes that were supposed to be given to the Kings and the peasants were having a difficult time living off of what they earned. French merchants and manufacturer were able to collect huge wealth from marketing profits, but they were lacking fair representation in the feudal system of the ruling class. Noble and clergy did not…

Nurse Practitioners occupation includes; saving lives, evaluating and diagnose patients, provide care for premature and newborns to the elderly patients, see their clients daily, and are often on call, this is a career I which to achieve because I really enjoy helping others. As a nurse practitioner I would not occasionally get weekends off but I would also be working for a good cause. This career has interested me since I was 12 years old. This career field is right for me because I like…

Throughout the 1920s, life for the average American was extraordinary. Almost everyone was living rather well off and society significantly grew fairly quickly. However, prosperity does not last forever and often times is followed by great hardship. The prosperity of the 1920s was misleading due to highly luxurious living, rapid industrial expansion, and culture wars that predicted economic problems in the near future. The Roaring Twenties just screamed richness, making people believe they…

Ageing Bias and Ageism The terms age bias and ageism can be used interchangeably and was first recognized as an issue in 1969 by Robert Butler, MD, and continues to be an issue in today’s society. This paper will define ageism and provide examples of age bias that older adults experience in day to day living. A community education plan will be provided to help bring awareness to ageism and age bias (Achenbaum, 2015). Definition and Examples Definition of Ageism Butler defined ageism as “a…

Life must have been irrational back in early Europe. Slap happy, drunken, and crazed people was all there was back then. The only rational people were the King and Queen, and any other royalty. A lot of stuff has changed since the medieval times in Europe, and to experience it was extraordinary. At some point time I had learned about the medieval times and what it was like, but never really experienced it. What exactly is the Renaissance Festival? I found this to be a reoccurring thought on the…

“Nothing will make me change my principles. Even with the knife at my neck I shall still declare, up to this day, the poor have done everything; it is time for the rich to take their turn… The selfish people, the young idlers, must be made useful, whether they like it or not, and some respite be procured for the useful and respectable worker” (Petr Kropotkin 1909, p. 263). The monarchical, aristocratic, social, legal and political system that governed the people of France prior to the…

This paper accounts for the reason why the Renaissance primarily flourished in Italy. The Renaissance is often described as a certain period in history, yet this periodization is contested by some historians as it is not as linear as the Age of King Louis XIV (Bartlett, p.2). Instead, the Renaissance is a fluid notion that sought to define stself according to the highly admired doctrines of ancient Greece and Rome as “urban, cosmopolitan, and often republican Italian scholars and statesmen”…

The death of my dog When I was nine, in grade four my dog had to be put down. Woody was part of the family for a long time. My parents bought him as a puppy while they still lived in Petrolia. Growing up, Woody was a very good dog. He was energetic, even tempered, would never hurt anyone, and was loved by all of us. We used to through Frisbees to him in the back yard and he was able to run and catch them. Sometimes he would come with us when my family went camping and he would always run into…

Zaid grew older and he eventually graduated from college and his SES improved by going from 3 to 4. He worked a well-paying job however, by the time of the recession, he was experiencing discrimination at his workplace. Towards the end he reached old age, his nutrition was high and he still remain in…

Erik Erickson was a renowned psychologist for his famous theory of stages of psychosocial development. Erickson never received a formal degree in medicine or psychology. Instead, he focused his education on subjects such as history and art. He was later offered a position at the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute where he received two certifications. He moved to the U.S. in 1933 and received teaching positions at a variety of universities including: Harvard, Yale, and University of California…