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    middle age is all about working hard to achieve those dreams‚ and when those dreams are replaced by regrets old age occurs. “I could have done more. I should have done more” (Bob Ebeling)‚ is the way in which night haunts most of us. In my essay I will examine what does the portrayal of regret in Grace Paley’s “My Father Addresses Me on The Facts Of Old Age” teaches us about regrets about education‚ career and family. The story is set in a conversation mode of father and daughter‚ where father decides

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    shameful state of affairs that there has arisen a need for old age homes in modern times. Why do we need these homes? Why are we considering our older relatives as a burden on us? Not too long ago we used to have a strong joint family system. It was an unquestioned norm of the society to take care if of the elderly. It was considered an honour and a blessing. Sadly‚ joint families have become relics of the past. In this nuclear ageold people are considered a liability. Time is money. And time

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    1.Is old age a positive or negative for you? Growing old is a positive for me. Growing old shows that you have over come life’s obstacles. It shows a sense of strength. 2.Has old age made you look at life different? It never made me look at life different but it help me understand what life means. 3.If you could had been any age your entire life‚ what would it be? I would be somewhere around my early 30’s. I still felt alive but at the same time I lived long enough to learn from

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    Old Age Homes/ Day Care Centres/ Elder Residential Complexes For many older people who don’t have a roof over their heads or a place to call their own‚ HelpAge-supported old age homes & day care centres are safe havens where they can live their lives with dignity and interact with their peers. A rising trend is being noticed among the urban elderly also‚ who move out of their homes and into habitats especially catering to their needs‚ in order to spend their later years in comfort. HelpAge

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    Old Age‚ Socialistic‚ and Acceptance Old age should be a time of enjoyment and being social. Sociologists feel that being socialistic begins at birth and ends when you die. Growing old does not mean you have to go into seclusion. Therefore‚ with this in mind‚ old age could be a time of traveling‚ exercising‚ and visiting others. This is a time for acceptance also since old age does mean that time is limited. From the time we are born‚ we are that much closer to death. Not a good way of

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    Our age worships youth. We yearn for beauty of youth. We encourage toddlers and teens to be individualistic and award them with full manhood. We hype 18 years old as our pop icon. We vote 40 years old into Presidency. But in retrospect‚ we think of the past just as much we think of the future. We respect culture and even dig into history for wisdom and guide for future actions. To maximize our own future benefits we have no choice but to pay attention and learn from the older and more experienced

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    Old age From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "Old people" redirects here. For the Khmer Rouge term‚ see New People. Old Woman Dozing by Nicolaes Maes (1656). Royal Museums of Fine Arts‚ Brussels Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings‚ and thus the end of the human life cycle. Euphemisms and terms for old people include seniors (American usage)‚ senior citizens (British and American usage)‚ older adults (in the social

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    In my opinion‚ my father is the busiest person in my family. He is working as a clerk for a beverage company. Besides‚ he has did most of the housework. Almost everyday he has a full schedule and can’t afford much leisure. But‚ he’s both a hard - working man and a devoted father. My father is such a hard – working person that I admire him so much. Yesterday‚ for example‚ he had to get up very early. He did some shopping‚ prepared our breakfast and went to work in a hurry because he had to go to

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    life without; to me‚ that special person would be my father. My name is Joanna Colon; I have two small children‚ ages four & seven‚ and a fiancé who I have been with for the past 5 years. We currently live in Pennsylvania but we are originally from New Jersey; oh‚ how I miss it sometimes. Back in New Jersey‚ I have five sisters and four brothers‚ who still live there‚ along with my father. In Pennsylvania it is just me‚ one of my older sisters and my mother‚ you can see why I miss my hometown. When

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