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The Compassion Network Preserving Our Pearls
of Wisdom

• By Mrs. Wilsons 467 Academics Classes

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Our Interviews with Grandparents and Friendsby
Phillip M__________

• Our interviews were very successful with our
  grandparents and elderly friends. It showed us
  how a disability or just getting older effected a
  persons life. This interview was also to get to
  know an elderly person of some sort. These
  elderly people told us a whole lot about life
  when they were younger. They also lectured us
  with a lot of dos and don'ts because there were
  alot of things they were not suppose to do that
  made them end up the way they are now.

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About My Friend Mr. Mr. H____By Phillip
M____________

• Mr.. Mr. H____ and I had lots of things to say
  and ask each other. He is the first and only
  elderly person I know that plays PlayStation.
  Mr. H____ is a very active man who likes the
  outdoors and tall buildings. Mr. H____ thinks
  that school is the most important part of a
  persons life. He is very active when it comes to
  landscaping. I found we have something in common,
  we both like kids. When I finished the interview
  with him he made a statement that I will always
  remember, People like nice people and people
  watch what nice people do.

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Preserving our Pearls of Wisdomby Gisset
C_______

• During the interview with my grandmother, Lala, I
  found her to be a vibrant 79 year old lady. I
  learned that although she has had a lot of kids,
  she is not a cranky old lady. In my grandmothers
  case she is totally opposite. She likes to go to
  New Jersey all the time, go shopping at malls,
  watch her novelas all day long, and baby-sit
  her great-grandchildren.

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PRESERVING MY PEARL OF WISDOMby VERONICA N_____

• Interviewing my grandmother, Rosa N____ made me
  proud. She told me she had sugar which is
  Diabetes. She said she can no longer eat a lot
  of candy. My grandmother had a lot of trouble
  answering my questions during the interview, but
  it was still very interesting to talk and share
  with her.

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Mercie I____ by Jovenel D_____

• My interview with Mercie I____ was interesting.
  Her story was sad. I learned about her life when
  she was living in Haiti. Haiti is very different
  from America. She died a month after the
  interview.

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Meet Mary J___by Felicia T____

• My interview with Mary J___ was very nice. She
  had a very sad story to tell me about her life.
  She was born in the Costa Rica. She said she did
  not like Costa Rica. When she was younger, her
  mom and dad moved without her to Mississippi.
  They moved without her because she had a baby at
  the age of 12 years old. She looked for her
  family for 56 years but she could not find them.
  Her baby died at the age of one. She went out
  to get milk from the cows in the yard. When she
  got back to the house her baby was not there.
  She went five yards from her yard and found her
  baby on the ground. She could not say the person
  that was responsible for her babys death. She
  didnt even tell me the sex of her child.

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Our Researchby Felicia T___ and Shelene R___

• After working on our interviews with the elderly
  we went to the library to do research. The
  Website we went to was Retirement and Elderly
  Care - Nolos Legal Encyclopedia. We found great
  information on senior citizens and how they could
  apply for Medicaid, social security, and nursing
  homes. We found the top methods for retirement
  plans like IRAs, 401(k)s and others. We also used
  the SIRs Researcher Database for data/statistics
  on the elderly.

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They still struggle to surviveby Ira J_____

• Elderly people of today struggle to survive like
  people did back in the old days. If it isnt
  family, it is for financial reasons. My theory
  is this has been happening since the first day of
  time when the first young person became old. This
  will continue. It is our responsibility to make
  life easier for them.

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Causes of DeathBy Janet B___ and Anna M___

• Heart disease is the most frequent cause of
  death for older Americans. 38 of older Americans
  die from heart disease. Almost 600,000 died from
  heart disease.in 1992 Malignant neoplasms, a form
  of cancer, is second to heart disease. 23 of
  older Americans died in 1992.
• Our advice is to watch your diet. Decrease the
  amount of salt and red meat and eat lots of fruit
  and vegetables. When you cook, dont use cube
  seasoning, use powder seasoning. Dont smoke. Do
  a lot of exercise to activate your health.

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The Ultimate Source of StruggleLOVES
HUMILITY by Jackie J___ and Anna A___

• 72 year old Edna M____ has lived in her
  Kensington house all her life. Raised there, one
  of nine kids, three to a bed, she now props a
  chair under the front doorknob to feel safer. For
  a total of 14 months Edna struggles ,financially,
  economically, and emotionally from medical
  mistakes. In her story we learn how many older
  women in the United States face the end of their
  lives fundamentally different from men, and how
  the improvement of their lives, (especially hers)
  would require changes in the medicine practice.
• Her Message
• May the kindness of Gods will be forever
  bestowed upon the two of you, for his love and
  redemption is eternal. Yes, you have faltered,
  yes, you are weak, but your cries one day shall
  be heard, and the door of deliverance shall be
  opened to both you and your husband. This
  definitely you musnt give up on.

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BACK IN THE CLASSROOMby Jackie J___

• Back in the classroom, students typed their
  interviews. We then compiled our research and
  created a series of information Factoids. This
  was then displayed within a brochure. Students
  also used T1-83 Graphing Calculator to predict
  the Age Expectancy of the elderly through a
  mathematical concept called linear extrapolation
  or forecasting. This was transferred into a
  PowerPoint presentation, so that others may get
  an overview of the project. It is our hope that
  this project will produce useful information on
  Social Security, Medicare and other information
  that can lead to a healthy, happy retirement.

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Using the Graphing Calculator(TI-83) for Linear
Extrapolation/Forecastingby Jackie J___ and
Sagal A____

• 1. Put data in lists L1 L2
• 2. Go to Window and put in appropriate max and
  min. values
• 3. Go to Plot, make sure all plots are off
  except the first one, and choose the type of
  graph you want.
• 4. Graph data
• 5. To find equation of least squares go to
  STAT,CALC, then 4LinREG(axb), Press enter
• 6. If you want to make predictions you should
  put your equation in Y. Instead of doing step 5
  do this Linreg(axb) L1, L2, THEN GO TO THE
  VARS key Y VARSFunction, and press Enter
  twice.
• 7. After doing this, when you graph your data
  your least squares line should appear.
• 8. To make predictions Press Second key, trace,
  Value, and Enter in what value of x you want.

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Life Expectancy at Birth
Predictions by Janet B____Year Male
Female
Prediction P
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Life Expectancyby Jason S___ and Marvin A____
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Life Expectancy in YearsData AnalysisAnalysis
by Steven ____, Edited by Ira _____

• The 1900s must have been a rough period for men
  and women.They expected that men would only live
  to be about 46 years old and women to be 48.
  Within the next 50 years the ages nearly
  increased by 20 years leaving the males at 65
  while ladies were at the high point of 71. After
  the 1950s, all the way to 1993 the ages only
  increased 12 years between both the males
  females. It is safe to say that females die at an
  older age and males die too soon. We look
  forward to longer lives in the future.

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Dedication

• This project was inspired by and dedicated to
  Mrs. Wilsons parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eton R.
  Wilson.

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Credits

• We would like to thank the following people for
  providing us with financial support for this
  interesting project.
• Barbara Locurto
• IMPACT II Teacher Network
• School to Career/Citywide Technical Vocational
  Education - Kathleen Mullin