Age: A Magic Number? The age of 18 brings about freedom for young people in America. At 18‚ an individual legally becomes an "adult". An individual can now buy cigarettes or a home‚ enter adult-only clubs‚ vote‚ and even get married. Furthermore‚ from their 18th birthday and beyond‚ individuals are no longer tried for crimes in juvenile courts. Now‚ they are tried in adult courts. But‚ does one or two years make such a difference between sixteen year olds and eighteen year olds? Is it fair for one
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Adult Educator Interview Name AET/505 November 8‚ 2010 Instructor Adult Educator Interview The thought of becoming an adult educator is exciting and new to this author. The education realm is what a facilitator makes of it. The class can be stimulated or withdrawn just by the actions the class leader has taken. A positive experience is what this author would love to make her goal so she can be remember as the individual who made a difference. One inspiration is that of Jeremy
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and the complainant also entitled to get Rs. 5000/- for irresponsible act of the respondent. 14. That this Hon’ble Forum under the Consumer Protection Act has jurisdiction to try and entertain the present complaint. PRAYER In view of the above submissions‚ it is most respectfully prayed that the Hon’ble Forum may graciously be pleased to direct the respondent: I. To issue the rectify
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characteristics‚ positive and negative‚ of the non-traditional student. The article relays that many non-traditional students are adults who have been in the workplace for an extended period. As stated‚ there is much adult learning theory that comes from the "organizational development field (OD) field . . ." and the article gives four principles that characterize adult learners (Knowles‚ 1974). These principles point out some of the good characteristics of this category of people‚ one of which is
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lot of it is directed towards young adults. Teenagers often feel self conscious about appearance‚ their size‚ or their clothes. They also have the disposable income needed to purchase impulse goods like the new soda or the latest CD. Thus it is to the advantage of advertisers that they target these insecurities and need for acceptance‚ promising love and happiness the instant they purchase a given product. While individuality is still important to young adults‚ it is just as important to have the
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WorldCom was one of the leading telecommunication companies prior to its application for bankruptcy protection on July 21st‚ 2002. The firm’s decision to file for bankruptcy was a shocker move considering the amount of revenues and asset base the company had. It is believed that the firm was highly involved in fraudulent bookkeeping between the year 1999 and 2000 where they had managed to overstate its taxable income by at least $7 billion. It was also revealed that the company had committed itself
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1.2. Characteristics of adult learning Education of children is compulsory‚ formal and standardized. Adult learning is voluntary and intentional. The aim of adult education is the independent self-directed learner. Adults tend to resist a learning process which is incongruent with their self-concept as autonomous individuals and does not correspond to their needs and interests. Adult learning is learner-centered What children learn in school should be useful to them — but later in life. Child
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Wearing the “Adult” Hood Being a young person I’ve heard many a great debate over the word “Adult”. Most specifically between the kids and parents of my family‚ and these arguments are always the same. “You’re not an adult I still pay your bills”‚ and the most common “you’re not an adult you still live with mom and dad”. But those arguments don’t really give us a clear description of what makes someone an adult. There all good points on what an adult does but are they requirements? I don’t believe
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& Future of Adult Learning Learning for adults is a field of study in and of itself. The study of adult learning‚ or andragogy‚ has come a long way and it is a relatively new idea. Society has tended to be so focused on teaching children‚ that only in the last century or so have educators come to realize that different methods should be used to more successfully educate adult learners. One of the main ideas that must be realized when looking at learning as an adult‚ is that adults tend to learn
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