My Family Obstacles

For the common people, portraits were mostly found in a funeral context. Tomb structures and funerary altars were filled with portraits of the families accompanied with inscriptions about their family or patrons. This practice was rooted from the tradition of the showcasing of wax portrait masks in order to commemorate the distinguished ancestry of the upper classes. The romans used these portraits masks, which had the faces of their significant ancestors such as those who held a position in public office and were givens awards or honors, to showcase their lineage. Aristocratic families and the upper class also did the same in their homes showing portraits of their family members. They wanted to show off that they come from distinguished members society as well as they are proud that they descended from them. Coming from a good family background was important to them because if you come from influential ancestors, you have the ability to be a great person as well. These portraits became an important factor for one’s success.

My family crest has symbols, values, and motto. Have you made your family crest yet? If you haven’t yet you should. You can learn more stuff about your family history and take pride of your family

For my coat of arms, I drew a dragon and a moose for the supporters because i think they represent my heritage very well. The reason I used the chinese dragon was because it symbolizes China and my chinese heritage. I also chose the dragon because it was the year I was born in was the year of the dragon. I used a moose for the second supporter because the moose represents my Canadian heritage. The supporters are holding the flags of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom because they represent the main languages I speak, which are English and cantonese, it also represents the language environment I grew up in. Inside the flags we see mountains and wheat. Both of these symbolize Alberta, the province I was born in and where I live right now. I lived

Across the span of our lives, we all experience enduring hardships that shape and ascertain the person we show to the world today. At the age of three I was taken from my biological parents, based on charges of domestic violence and substance abuse, and subsequently placed in the foster care system. I was moved from home to home, in and out of the system, for nearly seven years until I was adopted in 2013. My involvement and maturity within foster care, and my adoption thereafter, have molded my personality and demeanor as of now.

My upbringing typically consisted of my 2 sisters, my mother, and my father who I would now and again see. The obstacles I faced due to a periodic father has played a huge part in constructing my personality and has made me a hardworking independent young man thanks to the influence of a mothers love.

In my coat of arms, I have many symbols and things that relate to my family. I put them in for different reasons, but they all somehow relate back to me and my family. To start, I chose wolves for my coat of arms because wolves are very tight knight and care about their pack above all else. Just as my family is very tight knight, and care about each other more than anything. The two hands holding a heart and the fires under them, is meant to represent holding onto kindess, gently cradling it and letting the flames warm it until it can grow into something much bigger. Ever since I was a child my parents have taught me to be kind, no matter who or what it was. Now I am growing up and, and having been taught this it helped me form many other

Through my interactions with my extended family over the course of this project, it has become evident that there are specific traditions and values that each side of my family holds dear. Both sides of my family certainly share some common values and traditions among them; however, over several generations each side has its own distinct folklore and values that have been passed down through time. Despite my premonition that interviewing my family would be a rather simple and straightforward endeavor, getting the information that I was hoping to find from my family has been anything but easy. Following my interviews with my family, it is clear that the traditions and values of both sides of my family differentiate them as well unites them.

We go through many obstacles in our life, some can be small others can be very big, so big they impact our lives very drastically. The obstacle I had to overcome was the death of my father. I was in middle school when it happened, it was a pretty normal monday. I woke up at 6:30 am to get ready for school. My dad gave me a ride to school like he always did, he didn’t seem any different he looked healthy as ever. I had a pretty normal day school,I walked home from school. My dad wasn’t home yet when I got home, he was still at work,my mom made me lunch. A few hours later,my dad comes home,he eats dinner a few minutes later a cousin of my dad comes over to just talk. She stays about for an hour,it’s about 9:00 pm

All my life my parents told me I could do whatever I set my mind to whether it was athletics, academics, or leadership positions within my school. But what my parents failed to mention was the obstacles life we are sometimes dealt with. My obstacle is my inability to focus due to Attention Deficit Disorder. Even at a young age I realized it would always be more difficult for me to excel academically than my peers. By the age of eight I had already tried every form of medication, but none of them allowed me to feel “normal”. I would never be able to reach my full advantage in the classroom without the medicine and I formed a reliance on it. It pained me to see that little tasks like focusing long enough to comprehend a book would never happen

o prioritize school and be successful in my classes, I need to overcome my personal obstacle. I must learn how to manage my time wisely, dedicating the necessary amount of time at the end of a long work day to become active in the classes’ participation, and get done all my school assignments. I will work on managing my time even more as I continue in school. I will be using my planner and calendar and I will be organizing my time and prioritizing my assignments I will get done the more complex assignments first in this way I will not feel overwhelmed at the end of the week.

-In four years, I see myself in my first year of medical school or graduate school preparing for a S.T.E.M relating field.

​Throughout my life, I have overcome many obstacles in my life. Anytime I progress in my school life it is meaningful to me. It may seem blunt, and people may not feel the way I do, but growing up with epilepsy, it was very tough for me to succeed. School was not always hard, and all of my classes are not hard, but it is hard to remember content that I am taught. In the beginning of my ninth grade year is when I was at my lowest point of school. I had my first grandmal seizure since I was a baby, and since then my short term memory has played a big toll in my life. It is bad enough to the point where I can come home from a day of fun, and not remember what all I did, or who all I saw. I knew it was a problem when in my algebra 1 honors class,

One thing that I put on my family crest is an elephant. Although they are my favorite animal, I chose an elephant because they are strong, and I like how smart they are. Elephants represent a lot of things. For example, they represent strength, wisdom,

The mix of my complicated family history and my strong supportive mother have shaped me into the person that I am today. My biological father, Clint, battled with a secret drug addiction that my sweet mother knew nothing about until it was too late. When I was only a year old, the drug addiction had gotten the best of Clint and he made the decision to take his own life, leaving me and my mother heart broken. Clint’s choices impacted my life in such ways that I cannot explain. Growing up, it was just me and my mother until I was four, however, in this time we took the bad situation that we were in and we did not let it get the best of us. We chose to move forward and to take positive things from this horrific time. We learned through this experience that life goes on. No matter how hard the situation is, you must move on. Learning this mentality at such a young age has taught me that I cannot fret the small things, I have to look at the bigger picture because that is what really matters.

In my Coat of Arms, I revealed many things about myself. In the first box in the center, I drew something that I will never give up. In my opinion family and God are the most valuable thing a person could have and this applies to me. I would never trade God and Family for anything else because they shaped who I am. Ever since I was born, my parents have been sacrificing their own interests for mine. They provided me with everything that I need and some things that I want. They decided to invest in my future by letting me go to SM when instead, I could attend a public High School. In my picture, I drew my family with my parents and my sister. I put a Circle around my family symbolizing God watching over us. The color I used for this box and many other boxes is blue because it’s one of my favorite colors and it’s not invasive enough to cover up my message.