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Tag Archives: ageism

Age Positivity
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April 5, 2023 by Jean

This spring, I am taking a class on “age positivity” at the local Senior College. The course is part of …
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Category: Aging, Maine, Time/Activities | Tags: age positivity, ageism, aging, living in Maine, Maine Council on Aging, Maine Senior Colleges
Conversations About Aging
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June 20, 2019 by Jean

It will come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I am enjoying my experience of aging. …
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Category: Aging, Time/Activities | Tags: ageism, aging, Becca R. Levy, Maine Senior Colleges, Parker Palmer
Resisting Ageism Through Education
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March 12, 2019 by Jean

Although I am proud to be an educator, I’m not a person who feels that education is the solution to …
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Category: Aging, Intellectual activity | Tags: ageism, aging, Bates College, Gettysburg College, health, occupational therapy, University of Southern Maine
The Virtues of Aging
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December 1, 2015 by Jean

Recently, I read Jimmy Carter’s book, The Virtues of Aging (Ballantine, 1998), written when Carter was in his mid-seventies. He …
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Category: Aging, Reading, Time/Activities | Tags: ageism, aging, Carolyn Heilbrun, Jimmy Carter, The Virtues of Aging, time utilization, well-being

I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

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