My Cultural Influences

Cultures is regarded as an influential dynamic society with standards for a group of people. Many immigrates, have passed down their beliefs or stigma to their first, second and third generation Americans. Their beliefs influences their concept of traditions, for example marriage, sexuality standards and virginity virtues.

It doesn’t matter what kind of ethnicity you are, or how you were brought up. Everyone is deeply rooted in their own culture. “Culture” has a different meaning to everyone. Comparing American culture to Chinese culture we will find many different meanings to the word “culture”. For example, we Americans are always looking for something bigger and better for our future, and the Chinese are content with a small reserved lifestyle with no intentions of changing it for something bigger. A culture is a way of life of a group of people-the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and are passed along by communication and imitation from

Culture is a key aspect of a human that reflects on their lifestyle, family, traditions and pulls together the external influences that play a role in how one chooses to live their life. For me, culture is something you collect throughout your lifetime. In my lifetime, I have been lucky enough to travel outside of the United States and meet people from all over the world. I have seen how people go about their daily routines in many different ways compared to mine. The main cultural influence that has been present in my life since day one is the closeness of my family. All my cousins are very close it has often odd when I hear about families with weak relationships and small size. Another influence that has shaped my behavior was my exposure of extreme poverty and extreme wealth while living in Mexico. Lastly, a cultural influence that has shaped my belief system is my education.

Family, heritage, ethnicity, beliefs, values, knowledge, experiences, attitudes, religion, education, roles, language, and cuisine are all items encompassing culture. Culture is what influences your outlook on life itself as well as behaviors and rituals. Culture is the way different groups of people do things. While some cultures have overlapping cultural behaviors or aspects, most cultures vary significantly. Culture, for the most part, is something you are born into, your innate programming, however, it some aspects can be changed or evolved. "Only part of culture is conscious" (Spector, 2013).

Culture is the system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behavior, and artifacts, that members of a society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning. Culture can also represented by the environment you grew up in. I grew up in Philadelphia Pa and I have an older brother and sister. I’ve only been to two schools in my entire life, and they both happen to be boarding schools; Girard College and Milton Hershey school. in a single-parent , not- so single parent household, considering my dad was always in and out. Both of my parents were born in Liberia, a country located in West Africa. They moved to America when they were young adults. Except, my dad still

Culture, according to the Webster-Merriam Dictionary, is human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. The world is brimming with diverse, unique cultures. The way one is raised, determined by one’s culture, forms how a person acts, thinks, speaks, and much more. Culture dictates much of one’s life, from the philosophies we adhere to all the way to what we eat for dinner. The way someone's culture impacts or influences their perspective of others and the world depends on the culture they come from since there is notisn't a such thing as “normal” because every culture has different ways of doing things, as shown in the short passages “An Indian Father's Plea”, “Dave Perry Does Japan”, and “Where Worlds Collide”.

Culture plays a unique role in an individual’s development. Culture is the combination of values, beliefs, and practices of a particular group. Culture gives us some of the most important factors necessary in life such as our morals, values, and more importantly the way we view the world around us. Culturally, I view myself as a 20 year old Hispanic male, of middle socio-economic status, who has heterosexual preferences, with a strong background in the Catholic religion. Some of my first lessons as a child were all cultural, from getting dressed, how and what I ate, how I address my parents and family members, and so on. Although all of these features

In my life, culture identity is very important because it tells who I am. It has shaped me into the person I am now. I am coming from culture that has had an impact on my norms, values , and beliefs. I was born and raised in Sudan, a country with a multi-ethnic group, with a mixture of African, Arabic and Islamic traditions and values. Back in my home country, I belong to the dominant social groups as being Middle Age, Male, Arabic, Muslim, and Middle Class. Although there is huge diversity among different groups and tribes live

Currently, my family’s nationality is rather unknown to me because of some missing paper work and lost relatives. Yet, I do have a few details that were given to me by my parents. My grandma on my father’s side, her family was from England and moved to America in 1908. My grandpa on my father’s side, what would be my 4th great grandmother was Indian. My grandma’s family on my mother’s side was Dutch. My grandpa on my mother’s side, his family has mostly Cherokee heritage. Since, I do not know much of my heritage, I do not believe my heritage greatly influences my experiences or how I relate to others. My family has always been open and accepting with many ideas and people. My family culture influenced me to be accepting of every person and who they choose to be. Although with the culture of my family being mostly Caucasian, I do believe it is difficult for me to relate to another’s experiences, if I have not had them. So, I cannot fully relate to an experience an African American has with discrimination or with racism. However, I can feel empathy for another’s experiences with such things as racism or discrimination.

Culture by definition is the identity or feeling of belonging to a group. It is part of a person's self-conception and self-perception and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality or any type of social group that has its own distinct culture. To me that definition couldn't be more spot on but let's go more in depth over the past few months in my English class we have been trying to learn what our culture is and what part culture plays in our daily lives so in this essay I will be sharing with you what I think culture is what it means to me and how I think it impacts our way of living and the way we look at each other as human beings and how we treat each other and how all this makes up my culture

I would consider my culture extremely religious, strict, superstitious, family oriented and a two-worker family. In addition, based on my work and leisure patterns, I believe my culture indubitably contributes to my identity. My parents raised me to understand the value and importance of working and getting an education. Also, they wanted sure I took advantage of any opportunities and privileges that I was provided with because during their youth they did not have many opportunities. In addition, some cultural beliefs my parents have regarding work are that children should pay bills in the house once they are capable to work because when they were younger their parents made them give up half of their paychecks. Another belief of my parent have is that having a job is a privilege because during their youth it was difficult to finding a good job without a decent educational backgrounds. Unquestionably, my religious practice influences my patterns of daily life occupations. For instance, it provided with a reason to be respectful, kind, generous, honest, helpful, loyal, and appreciative. It also, provides with me with a sense of peace and

Culture is the totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior. It includes ideas, values, and artifacts of groups of people (Schaefer, 2006). Understanding culture can be tricky, ever ask “why do people act the way they do?”, “what made me do that”, “what was I thinking?” Physical abilities, educational background, and social background of how I was raised are important aspects of my life. The environment in which I was raised is very important aspect of my life.

What is my culture? This is one of the most difficult questions that I have had to answer. To me, my culture comes from where I was raised, and where I am from. I am an American. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania. My ancestors are from Germany, Hungry, and Ireland. My culture has been built around my family. My family has helped me identify my beliefs and traditions through teaching me what our ancestors have believed.

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 parents as well as my extended family have been crucial in providing the foundation for my beliefs, attitudes and values. I grew up