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    Main Idea: Being An Adult SD1:Being financially stable- Having a job , budgeting money , and understanding money SD2: Being responsible - Being on time for class and work , making the right decisions , and taking care of all of my responsibility SD3: Being ready for the real world - living on your own , understanding that you gonna make mistakes , and never giving up Everybody has different ideas and the meaning for being an adult such as being financially stable in life , being responsible

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    teacher transmits knowledge to receptive but passive children, andragogy offers an alternative for adult learners. Malcolm Knowles (1970), andragogy 's most famous proponent, argued that adults are self-directed, problem-solving learners whose life experience constituted a significant learning resource. Instead of the traditional hierarchical relationship between the student and teacher, the adult learner acts as a full participant in his or her education. Thus, influencing the curriculum and learning

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    Adulthood Makes An Adult

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    A person is considered to become an adult when he reaches a certain age as declared by the law. However adulthood isn’t achieved when you reach a certain age, it’s achieved when you become mature enough to realize the reality around you. When you start taking responsibility for your actions and when you can differentiate between right and wrong. In different countries adult hood comes in different forms, and this is mainly dependent on the child’s upbringing as this affects his mental level. According

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    Engaging the Adult Learner Jeffery Collins COLL100 B100 Fall 14 American Military University Dr. Gibson Engaging the Adult Learner Engaging adults during the learning process is an action that encompasses the use of skills to conquer their concentration and interest. The engagement is performed to ensure the adult learners will immediately identify with the information and the objective of the teaching. Once the identification and objectivity is formed learning is able to proceed. Therefore,

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    Being a young adult today is easy right? Being a young adult in today’s society is not just about the latest social media trends or the latest fashion trends. We don’t only worry about what our peers think of us, or whether we look cool or not. There is more to a young adult’s life than what adults think what goes on in their lives. Society stereotypes young adults and judge them by what they witness from the actions of a few much like different ethnic groups are stereotyped and judged themselves

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    Being an Adult What is an adult? Many have different perspectives on what it means to be an adult. It can differ from having different living styles to social economics. Being an adult to me means paying for your own living expenses, being responsible, and learning from past experiences. To me being an adult means that you must be able to sustain your own living expenses. Some living expenses include electricity, rent, and water bills, etc. These living expenses can be very costly. From my personal

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    Theoretical Concepts for Emerging Adult Development Transitioning to adulthood is considered a period of life when young people are faced with trials of becoming part of the adult world. For some young people, this is a time to grow, an opportunity to spread their wings, and navigate through an exciting life. However, for others, the burdens that accompany the task of growing-up may be overpowering. Some may find themselves at odds and feel overwhelmed while pursuing their goals, although motivated

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    .Adult Protection Services is an evolving agency that provide services to many people. Adult Protective Services is a state ran agency, and is required to offer services to the elderly population. At the agency, clients are referral from several different issues. Our agency investigated claims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elder or disabled citizens. The greatest social issue that face many Adult Protective Services caseworkers, is physical and self-neglect. A lot of the elderly population

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    Many question “When should someone be considered an adult?”. Everyone has a different opinion, some may think that us individuals should be considered adults at the age eighteen or the age twenty-one. The cause for that is because as we grow older we gain additional rites of passage for example, at sixteen you receive your driver’s license and at eighteen you are able to join the army along with paying your own taxes. Besides as we grow older plenty of us also believe that because we are handed

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    C. Unescorted Young Adults (Ages 15-17): 1. Unescorted Young Adults are defined as passengers, ages 15 to 17, who may fly independently without the companionship of a legal adult (age 18 or older). 2. Allegiant Air does not accept reservations for unescorted children under the age of 15 years. a. Children 14 years of age and under must be accompanied by a traveling customer 15 years or older. 3. Agents must add pad comments cross-referencing itineraries for those adult passengers 15 years of age

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