Old Well

Growing old may not be all that nice, but it is interesting. People who say old age is wonderful might be kidding. Whatever a writer, orator, sage or medical science may say about it, old age is still an old age. Especially for some people who tend to think old age is a shipwreck can hardly grow old gracefully and happily. For others, even though when people grow old they lose certain things they treasure – vitality, mental sharpness and looks – but also at the same time they gain what they…

Ida B. Wells. Born into slavery six months before President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Wells was a fierce civil rights leader, activist, suffragist, and journalist; but was best known as a fearless anti-lynching crusader. Wells was one of the most iconic African-American women reformists that boldly challenged social injustices. The oldest of eight children,…

being a very curious child, young adult, and today an older woman whose advise on life is to never give up, “you do what you have to do.” When Linda was 21 years old, year 1961, her older sister who had married a Jewish man…

affect them in a positive or negative way. Aging does not happen overnight but it is a continuous process that begins when you are born and continues until you die. The changes of aging however begins as one enters middle adulthood ( 40 to 60 years old). The aging process differs individually but I will be comparing J.K aging with the normal process. People older than 65 years of age live happy and healthy independent lives. I had the opportunity to interview J.K whom…

jumped off the plane and landed on the beach, he feared that he was in the afterlife because of the place he was in until he saw a plane that flew over him. June, in the majority of the film, feared for Peter’s life as he was undergoing brain surgery as well as the surgeons who were operating on him during surgery. When the other world was portrayed, the fear is not shown by souls as they have crossed death and can live in peace. Comparing the film to other texts, death was…

from each other since they were both learning how to play. This helped break a stereotype by saying that the youth can teach the elderly. People don’t really think of it that way because we think of our elders to be wise with old age. It proves the saying, “you can teach an old dog new tricks”. Synergy is developing from the intergenerational learning environment (Beynon & Alfano pg131). Chapter nine explores the challenges and development of music through a person’s lifespan. It explains the…

1) What product does this ad attempt to market, and where is the ad from? Describe or attach – This print ad is marketing a company called Old Spice to sell the Old Spice body wash and body spray. This print ad was found on a website called Advertolog which archives print ads and commercials of different companies. 2.To which component(s) of attitudes (e.g., affective, behavioral, cognitive) does this ad appeal? How can you tell? Was this a good strategy for this product/audience? This ad…

A few things that stuck out to me while reading Being Mortal were social changes, the role of geriatricians, and societies perception of old people. At the very beginning of the book Gawande talks about an Indian family. When the eldest in the family continues to grow older and older the family centers their lives on him. This isn’t true just for this family but for many families. The goal is to allow the grandparents or the great-grandparents and so on to live their most productive and…

I have many grandparents still in my life but the one who impacted my life the most is who I decided to focus on when doing my life interview paper on. I chose my grandfather, Jim Panetta. He is a 69-year-old, white, catholic male who is married to my grandmother, Donna. What is person-in-environment perspective? It is defined on socialwork.oxfordre.com as “The person-in-environment perspective in social work is a practice-guiding principle that highlights the importance of understanding an…

For my ethnography project I researched both sides of my families to gain a better understanding of their development through the life stages, how they deal with crisis and their parenting styles. Through personal family research, material learned in class and scholarly journals I will better explain my family and their history. From the beginning to end of this assignment I gained knowledge about my family that I did not know prior. To begin with I will discuss my parents and then elaborate…