The environment, family, and community I have grown up in has shaped me as a person. So far, I grew up in the same house all seventeen years of my life. My personality has grown and molded over the years of middle school and high school based off the lessons I have learned and the things I’ve been through.
My mother was involved in our church heavily so I grew up going to church and volunteering, making my relationship with God very strong. My brother was involved in boy scouts and baseball. I was dragged to all the baseball games ever since I was three years old, which made me have a love for sports. Eventually seeing my brother have fun and being involved in Boy Scouts encouraged me to go into Girl Scouts. Being in Girl Scouts since the
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For example, my grandfather Jerry was a doctor and my Great Aunt Margaret and Pat were nurses. Anytime I was sick, my mom would always call her dad up and talk to him rather than rushing me to a doctor. When I was in the 7th grade, it was one of the hardest times of my life, Jerry was suffering from heart attacks and fluid in his lungs. I had never been exposed to the feeling of loss until he passed away. Losing one of my role models and someone that I cared deeply about made me a stronger person. Since his passing, I have seen more and more of my aunts and uncles than I had before, and growing strong relationships with all of them.
I gained a lot of personality traits from my grandparents, aunts, and parents. But, being a typical teenager I was always learning lessons that shaped my personality along the way as well. My parents were taught by their parents and now I am learning from my own. My dad has taught me how to work for the things I want and to never give up on my goals. My mom has taught me how to be a selfless, kind-hearted person just like her. My parents have high expectations for me, just like any other parent, so I strive to make them proud of
A strong family life, faith, and ambition characterize my development. A lot of who I am now can be attributed to the manner in which my parents raised me. I grew up in a devout Mormon household, so from a young age my parents instilled values of love, honesty, and kindness.
The aspect that defines me most is my cultural and family background. I have been raised in a relatively small African family in the Ivory Coast. I have two siblings, one brother and one sister. My sister and I are just on years of age apart and have been raised together. We do have a special bond and shares the same values and beliefs, that we owe to our parents. My mother and father were very serious about family bonds and taught us to prioritize family. Indeed, in my culture, family is very important and essential for one's life success. My mother is the one responsible for the discipline that I have today. As a high school teacher, she aimed to give us the strongest education possible. She once told us that education was the only way to succeed, and did everything in her power to make sure that we get excellent grades and pass our classes with honors. This
Arriving at a foreign country at the age of eleven years old was and exiting and yet intimidating experience. High buildings, wide roads, newer and nicer cars on the streets were some of the first things I noticed when I arrived to the city of Los Angeles CA. Living in a country where you were not born in could be difficult some times. Although Spanish is spoken at a grand scale in CA, it was difficult to communicate with and understand the teachers from my classes at the elementary level since all they spoke was English. Los Angeles is a city of great diversity, therefore it is believed to be the perfect place for any person arriving from another country to not feel like a foreign, such believe
My grandparents raised me when I was young because my parents were busy toiling away at work to support my siblings and I. Through my grandparents, I learned strength. My grandfather, a former political activist and soldier in Vietnam, suffered a gigantic loss: Losing the Vietnam war. Still, he refused to kneel under the hand of oppression. He restarted his life in a brand new, foreign country with seven children,
Even though I was born and lived in Jamaica for the first seven years of my life I have been somewhat ignorant to its culture and because of this assignment I was able to learn a great deal about my country 's culture through another 's encounters and observations. Not only did I learn about my country but I gained new knowledge about my mother and her experiences as well. Her name is Kayla and she was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She began by introducing her culture 's background. “Jamaica, originally settled on by Taino settlers, was named 'Xaymaca ' meaning land of wood and water. The slaves brought over to the land were of course from Africa which is why we have adopted many of their customs of which I will elaborate later.” As she shared with me her experiences she also expounded on the norm of such things in Jamaican culture.
It takes a village to raise a child, and that is the atmosphere that I was raised in. My grandparents' house is open to anyone who needs a home. As a child I lived with my mom, cousins, aunts, uncles, great uncle, and great grandma. I was always entertained and learning. My family taught me how to write in cursive and how to count, but they also taught me life lessons that I will never forget.
Personal social and cultural influences, along with genetics, is what makes everyone an individual. I can testify that I am not the same person at age 51 that I was at age 18. Genetics include the predisposition to chronic conditions and diseases their impact on life. Life experiences contributing the most influence on who I am today include, growing up on a farm in a rural community, being raised by my grandparents due to a broken home situation, raising children, living through physical and emotional abuse, and personal growth working as a nurse in various settings. These experiences have and will continue to be assets to my nursing practice through the understanding of the effects that chronic disease, verbal and physical abuse, and broken
ortunate to live in a border city because of the diversity in cultures in our city I have had great people that have influenced me and touched my life. By living next to Mexico and having a grandmother that is fluent in Spanish and more comfortable speaking her language I have learned how to speak and understand Spanish. Being bilingual in El Paso or even in the US is an important skill to have because I am able to communicate with more people that speak predominately Spanish.
As a Vietnamese, I am very proud of the values and the ethics that still remains from thousands of years ago, by the way of life of the ancient; the upbringing, and the respect that we may not have now. “Cultural identity” is what I am talking about. Every single person has a different perspective on cultural identity. Culture plays a huge role in shaping individual personality or identity. It also refers to the traditions, people around you, and religion, etc. Our background is what sets us apart from everyone else because we came from a different culture. That is why culture created; it makes you feel belonging to something. Culture determines the person we are today and in future.
I come from a multicultural family, with two cultures that are very different from one another, Cuban and German. Being exposed to such diversity I feel that I got a head start on understanding that people’s culture shapes who they are and how they think or behave. Growing up, I remember thinking to myself the different ways in presenting a topic depending on which family member I was speaking to, and even the conversations were different, because each culture valued something different. And even when the values were the same, it was expressed in different ways. So, when the mini ethnography project was assigned I started to think of all the components of my culture and thought it would be interesting to experience a culture that was
What can you remember from your childhood that is a significant source of culture? For me, my life has been all about different and mixed cultures. I am a mix of many diverse ethnicities, my two main being French and Russian.
The culture I have chosen is the Nubian culture. The name “Nubians” come from either the Nubian language meaning “slaves” or ancient Egyptian word nab meaning “gold”. It was a meaning for gold because the Nubian Valley had gold mines area surrounding the valley. To some scholars, Nubians are also referred as Kushites because of the Kingdom of Kush. The Nubians originated form present-day Sudan and Egypt. The Nubia region was in the southern part of Egypt and northern part of Sudan. Nubia was also broken into two parts, the Lower Nubia region and Upper Nubia region. Today, most of the Nubian descendants still live in the area of ancient Nubia and some parts of Egypt. The ancient people of Nubia inhabited the along the banks of the Nile
My surroundings growing up, and until this very moment, has made me the person that I am today. This is so important, because it shows who I am beyond a transcript or a resume. It shows that I am so much bigger than myself, and that I can achieve great things. My community, close family, and my peers at school each influenced me to become a bigger and better person who is ready to take on the outside world, capable of juggling things that come my way, and the drive to make the world a better place one goal at a
Culture defines people’s values, beliefs, and personal interests. Culture is important because it allows people to maintain a unique identity society. Many cultures have common interests, while others may have customs that differ greatly from that of another. Technology has had a huge impact on present day cultures. Many culture have been altered including my own, and some have been created due to the rise of technology. Cultures differ so greatly that someone belonging to one culture may not agree with the values of another, which then causes social and ethical issues. My culture shares many similarities with others around the world; most of which have connected more people in recent years than ever before. Cultural gaps, and lack of
As a teenager who had everything in life, I had an attitude. I was full of myself. My parents always gave me more than what I really deserved, and I thought I could do basically anything. I had no fear whatsoever of getting into trouble. When I decided to leave the country to attend college, everything changed for me. Not only did I experience life alone in a different country, with a different culture and a different language, but also I had to embrace humility in order to make new