People are led to believe that a senior living facility is filled with older adults that are alone and lonely. They do not have a family or their family has abandoned them. Seniors are placed in the senior living communities because they simply do not have any other options. Today's senior living facilities are vastly different than those myths that perpetrate a fear of living in senior communities. Let's look at a few of the biggest fears of senior living. Boredom Seniors assume that they will…
They can relate to human stress as well as responsibilities and social structures. As for baboons in the savannah, the only ones that stress the most are the Alpha males because of the large amount of responsibilities they have to fulfill for the troop. For humans the father is the caregiver, similar to an Alpha male, in the sense that they are held responsible…
Monuments are delicate topics in the sense that one may find reason to see it not be built. Thus, there are factors for a group or agency should consider in memorializing an event or person and in creating a monument, those factors being: will it take away the main purpose of the monument, is there any reason this monument should not be one and can it easily be threatened? Source C discusses the possibility of putting up a monument that perhaps should not be one. Namely, Mount Rushmore. As the…
Savannah, Georgia is a populous city filled with people of all different cultures, but surprisingly there are areas which unknowingly combine several sub-cultures together to form one large culture in Savannah. Keller’s Flea Market, which is a family owned business started in March of 1965, is a prime example of a multicultural society that can be compared on a continental or global scale. The experience of the flea market began when I missed the turn to the parking lot. Instead, I was required…
Monuments are an effective tool in solidifying a person or event in the memory of a nation. Monuments are most effective when they are well designed and memorable. Some of the factors that should be considered when memorializing an event or a person in the creation of a monument include the location of the monument, and the cost of building and upkeep of the monument. Location is one of the most important factors to consider when creating a monument. If the location of the monument isn't…
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What started as a father-son project back in 1974 has since grown to be the most-trusted dock-building business in the Savannah, GA, area. Monty Walker started Monty Walker Dock Building after recognizing his passion and natural talent for the craft of dock building when he was only 12 years old. Today, he works with his 10-man crew to design, build, and repair personal docks throughout the area. Monty is committed to quality craftsmanship and customer service. When he was 12, Monty’s summer…
The factors that go into a monument should be: to have a historic event or person to memorialize, provide insight on the event, provide remembrance to the ones involved, and even memorialize a stoic figure. A historic event or person must be well known so that the people who the monument caters to can understand the story behind it. With the picture of Christopher Columbus staring into the distance, it allows the observer to recall the past and look into the future. The picture may seem to have…
Charming only has a glass slipper left behind from his love, yet he uses to it track her down through the kingdom in order that they may live happily ever after together. In Sparks’ books the fear that the soldiers could die while overseas or how Savannah has already married another man could parallel the obstacles in the Disney…
It all started in English class. I sighed as I stretched, ready for another uneventful class on another uneventful day. Oh how wrong I was. On that day, we were on the first reading of a book called Speak. We began the discussion with a summary of the main character, Melinda. I realized that I related to Melinda. Maybe a little too much... Melinda calls the cops on a party that she went to at the end of eighth grade. Because of this, when she starts Freshman year, she is ostracized. No one…