Circle Of Life/Intergenerational Dialogue Analysis

The meeting was starting. The leader, an older woman with green eyes who looked familiar somehow, stood at a little black podium in between the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions posters, the neon AA triangle symbol glowing powder-blue, hopeful, behind her.

Being narrated by an older version of the main character, Life of Pi is a story about a man named Pi Patel. Most of the beginning of the novel includes all the history of his life; it introduces topics such as his major, the definition of his name, and his family. His majors are religion and Zoology, which comes back later in the book. It also gives the reader the interesting background of the meaning of his name, based off of a swimming pool. These larger topics and more were shared with the readers. A prominent part of all of this is the fact that it almost always comes back to animals.

Individuals between the ages of 80-84 are the fastest growing segment of the population in the state of Maryland. Of the nearly 5.7 million people in Maryland in 2010, 18.6% were over the age of 60. It is expected that this percentage will increase to 25.8% of Maryland’s projected population of 6.7 million by the year 2030. With these and similar statistics in mind, it is imperative, then, that the present groundswell of intergenerational initiatives continue to rise to meet this increasing demand. To that aim, this document proposes the Adopt-a-Grandfriend Project, pairing 8th grade James Madison IB World Middle School students with residents of Collington Life Care Center’s nursing and

1. Who is the leader? How would you describe Mary Warren in relation to the other girls?

For a personal perspective of life inside Pierce County I consulted with a colleague who works as a lactation consultant. She is a 50-year-old college-educated white female who also works as an instructor in a local vocational college. She reports that her cohort’s attitude toward aging is not altogether positive. She is beginning to feel the gradual decline in her body functions and says that she and others like her find it frustrating that their bodies don’t work as well as they did in their youth. That attitude of reluctance tends to affect how readily her peers seek assistance, especially if it means accepting the realities of aging. Some of the physical health problems common in her cohort involve vision, sleep apnea, joint pain, and decreased stamina.

In this article the meaning of Existentialism is explained as the author, Randall Niles, describes how existentialism is a 20th century philosophy that centers itself on the analysis of human existence. He explains the popular slogan “existence precedes essence” by the very first founders of Existentialism, Jean Paul Sartre. The notion of the slogan is described by explaining how humans come into existence when they are first born, and spend their lifetime changing their essence and nature so it satisfies them. The philosophy of Existentialism is further analysed by explaining how humans find themselves and the ultimate meaning of their life by acknowledging their responsibility and making decisions accordingly. Moreover, it also explains

During this part of the novel, Pi’s father is teaching him a lesson by letting a tiger brutally kill a goat right in front of him. He is trying to teach Pi to not go near an animal such as tigers because they are incredibly dangerous. I believe this thread represents the foreshadowing of what is to come for Pi.

Loyola University of Maryland in the up and coming year is official welcoming an additional group of students that will participant along with class of 2021. This group of individual consist of 200 or so older adults. These adults are all over 70 years of age and are craving to be back in the classroom. The adults range from different medical backgrounds to different ages. Although this is a great campus, Loyola can make more improvements to accommodate their newest members of the Loyola community. With these new students is then must impact the dynamic of the residence halls, classrooms, support services, and everything that is given to the average aged undergrad college student. Loyola would also be able to supply the needs for the different types of aging such as normal and abnormal so everyone is given the same opportunities to excel. Changing the method Loyola has been accustomed to for years, this will create a positive image on older adults. Therefore, with Loyola allowing these individuals to attend and support their necessities, this then opens new doors to the older community and education.

Three years ago Tommie Mae Crutchfield celebrated her 90th birthday. She still drives to church on Sunday morning and Wednesday night, shops and lives independently in the house her husband built. In 2013 her church notably honored six 90th birthdays. Additionally, her sister and sister-in-law also turned 91 and 90 respectively. All at home living independently and doing well. Tommie Mae is no longer unique. People are growing old and living longer. This is good news for everyone one. Furthermore, how society views aging and the aged is changing. “Younger generations have come to realize that in their elders they have a precious and useful asset, not a burden” (The Legacy of Claude Pepper, 2015, p. 86). They have just slowed their pace but, have a wealth of wisdom.

What I found most enlightening about this experience was that what I thought of the meeting was completely different from what it actually is. It was amazing to be in a space where the group members are pouring their hearts out about their experience but also lifting up the ones who are struggling. Despite how different they all are there goal for being in that space was the same, which was to create a supportive environment.

This basically says that the only “true” woman was a church-going, submissive wife and mother only concerned with the home and family.” (History.com) With woman knowing that people thought this way about them, it made woman think of what it really meant to be a woman in the United States. In 1848, the movement for women’s rights began to organize on the national level. In July of 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott lead the first woman’s rights movement in Seneca Falls, New York and surprisingly had more than 300 people show up. If you looked out in the crowd, you’d mostly see woman, but some men did show up including former African-American slave and activist, Frederick Douglass. I think it meant a lot to have Frederick Douglass there because it showed that even he will come to support and maybe then more people in this time would come and support the event. This whole event was basically trying to give a voice to women and let them share was they believed. They wanted to state that women should have “better opportunities for education and employment and have their own political identities” (History.com). Around the time of the event, Stanton and a group

As he talked a small entourage moved around and past him. First 2 burly looking security guys, then one executive looking older guy, and finally a handful of much younger and distinctly female "staff" followed after! It was the last of the little "crew" which suddenly caught the young interns eye... Whoa... are they *really* dressed like that!?... their skirts were short. Very short! Kaitlyn could only watch in silent frustration as a handful of her male colleagues smiled and nudged each other, her female peers sharing perplexed and disapproving looks in rather sharp contrast to the guys somewhat annoying amusement. Eugh... such sexist morons she mused as she realized that some of the guys even shared a couple of smiles, laugher and nodding. Kaitlyn had kind of supposed that everyone in the department had been "Big State"

Room 335 definitely made me see how much value there is in intergenerational relationship. The film showed how much of an impact such relationships have on both parties. Through the film, we see Andrew seemingly grow a better understanding of not only how much the residents gained from his and his crew's interest and companionship but how much he gained from it as well. One example of this was Bill, who Andrew grew close to throughout the documentary. We learn from a nurse that Bill was always quiet before Andrew and the crew started living at Harbor Place. The Bill that we saw in the film was very lively and playful, showing a marked difference to the Bill described by the nurse. With this example, we also see Andrew receive a great friend

Before the event started and we all were being seated, I was wondering how exactly this was going to work. ‘Is this a conference?’ and ‘Am I going to be extremely bored?’ were the first questions to come to mind. I came to the conclusion that any mandatory event has a strong possibility of being boring—and this event probably wasn’t any different. I had already decided to dwell upon my existence when the first woman, Emily Mitchell, took the stage. Once she began to read from her novel, I was a little surprised. Being a freshmen in college, it’s hard for me to be entertained by people reading to me, but this felt different. I listen to Mitchell’s words and, for some reason, felt emotional. She describe a situation, in which her sister had gotten hit by her boyfriend and she decided not to tell anyone. Her sister gave numerous excuses, such as being in the same friend group with the guy and not wanting to be a social outcast. On top of that, she also didn’t want her parents to stop her from seeing him. While she was reading, I became slightly

The women in the group read one principle and the men read the other the principles until all were read. The leaders were a couple named Joanna and Fred, who are listed in the meeting directory. The couple was extremely friendly and welcomed us warmly as well. After that introduction was done, Jackie welcomed one of the members to update us on how she has been coping lately. Since that had not seen this group member in the meetings for a while. The women’s name was Lily and her husband was diagnosed with schizoaffective. She told us how she made great progress in that relationship and was finally able to put up some boundaries. Lily spoke about how her and her husband were separated, because she could not handle him anymore. Lily told how her husband did not take his medication and it was really hard for to deal with that especially with her children in the house. Lily was finally able to speak to her husband and told him that she did not think they would ever get back together. It was difficult for her to say this to him, but she felt it was important to finally tell him the truth. As she spoke I found myself feeling really proud of Lily. It must have been really hard for Lily to talk to her husband about not ever getting back together. Not only was she scared how it was going to effect her husband (mentally and emotionally), but she was scared of how her kids