My Family : Personal Values : A Family As A Family

It may seem like everyone has the perfect life, but if you were to look more in depth you would see it’s not that way at all. Most people want to presume as having both parents in their life married or divorced, or even have grandparents to go to when they need advice or knowledge. I believe to have a life that couldn’t be any better. I come from a two parent home who both worked very hard to have me sitting where I am today. Without family supporting me I may not be here at college expanding my education even further. But, other kids may not even have the support to get up and even attempt college. It is all about how you were raised, Family is more than important in a young man or woman’s life.

As I mentioned before my family and I deal a lot with immigration. In fact, just before Trump became president my cousin who was 16 at the time came from El Salvador to the United States illegally and we had to deal with constantly worrying about her because it took months for her to arrive to the U.S. and then she got caught by the immigration police when she was within U.S. borders and we had to then deal with that for a couple months while we gathered the paper work to gain custody of her since she was a minor. Luckily for us things worked out and she is now living with us as we are currently trying to get her residency. For my family and I this is the norm. We are strong believers that everyone deserves a second chance in life to better their lives by getting a better education and moving to a place where it is safer and has better opportunities.

Growing up with my cultural views gave me access to several important values I learned from my family. These values are very important to me, as they have shaped who I am today. The three most important values for me would be: to be honest, to be myself, and to be respectful. Each value has taught me different perspectives, abilities and given me different qualities.

Whenever something was wrong with our house, my dad would be the one to fix it instead of calling a plumber. Last year my father lost his thumb and index finger when he was working on a house that belong to one his brothers. Even after being permanently injured, my father continued to apply all of his effort into fixing houses up to this point. My father didn’t have an education higher than High School but through his actions, my father taught me that by having a goal or someone to support, anything could be achieved. He motivated me to do my best even when things weren’t going as I planned. My father wasn’t the only one doing his best to support the family, my mother

Growing up, my family household consisted of my mother, step-father, two brothers, two step-brothers and I, however, I had two more brothers, three step-brothers and a step-sister. My biological father wasn’t in my life until after the age of thirteen, even after that he still wasn’t a huge part until after my mother died last October. Since I was the only girl in the house I would get my way most of the time, also, being the oldest child in the house had its perks too. Name at least three values and beliefs that you hold today, which you can attribute to your family.

“Family Values” is a story about a middle-aged, homosexual man who is contemplating the family values in American society. The author starts and ends the story inside his car sitting outside of his parent’s house debating on how he will approach telling them he’s gay. The author starts with this specific story to allow the readers to understand the point of view in which the rest of the passage will be told. By including this story in the beginning of the passage, Rodriguez makes readers aware that he is in fact a homosexual man living in America and struggling to confess his identity. This is important because a lot of Rodriguez’s thoughts and views throughout the story would be harder for the reader to understand if they were ignorant to

My father was gone from home from when he woke up to when he had to go to sleep (past tense because he is currently unemployed due to a terrible accident that occurred two years ago), for the extensive hours he had to put in for extra money going into our savings for a better house in a better part of town—unlike our current small mobile home. During the one week out of the year he received vacation with pay, he took us nearby cities like San Antonio and South Padre Island to spend time with him. Although it was not enough to spend time with my dad, it made me realize how thankful I am for a hardworking father like him. He inculcates his thoughts, hopes, and dreams with my siblings and I, hoping we would not follow his footsteps of lack of education. Seeing my father be as hardworking through all he has been through, taking his abusive childhood into consideration, impacted my child self to realize one of the true meanings of life—make the most of what you can and make the best out of the

Sometimes we are so caught up in our own bubble we forget how much others have sacrificed for us so we can make something of our lives. As I sat down to study one day, my mom joined me. As we talked about various subject, slowly teardrops started rolling down her eyes. Those were tears of happiness, for that she was proud of me. Sadly, those tears were also a reminder of the abandoned dreams and aspirations that she always held. She always wanted to go to college and become someone in her life. Rather, she was forced into marriage when she was seventeen. My dad was a victim of his own brothers who deprived him of a college education. Despite challenges and hardship that always plagued our family, my parents never gave up. My parents slept hungrily

As a child, my father taught my siblings and I lessons that had been passed down from generation to generation. It is important for us to always remember the person who lost everything in their life, just for us to succeed in the future. In my case, that’s my father. He went through so much so that I can get to where I am now, a senior about to graduate high school. My father started out with nothing when he was a child and now he’s an owner of 4 coffee farms in Nicaragua and I’m a proud daughter.

They all have strong beliefs and have raised me to have such beliefs and morals as well. For example, they have taught me to never judge others because of their skin color, their gender, their intelligence, anything of the sort. This sort of lesson is very important in today’s society, where judgement and prejudice and very common problems that many people struggle with. My family has influenced me to become a better person in today’s society, and to be someone that won’t be viewed as ignorant or incompetent.

Ezequiel Pagan  Patrick Williams  English 111  16 October 2014   Family Value and Truth  Family in society is a social structure. Family plays a key role in human life because it can give  people a sense of home, or a loving and supportive group. In most cases when people think of families  they think of having a mom, dad, brother, sister.  However, nothing in life is perfect. Today, we have  separated , same sex, extended, and blended families. Society tries to explain these more contemporary  families but has a harsh way of doing so. In the essay, Stone Soup, by Barbara Kingsolver, she  discusses how society views families and in the essay, Family Values, by Richard Rodriguez, he talks  about American family values. Both

Family has assumed a key part in molding me into the individual I am today. However, as I have matured, I have developed my own standards in view of my comprehension of the world. My family 's qualities are anchored firmly on religion and we attempt to live the values that the Bible lays out. Growing up, my family instilled Christian qualities into me and these qualities are imbued in my memory and I attempt to practice them despite the fact that I don 't generally succeed. As of now, I am driven by aspiration and yearning to be at peace with myself. I have certain objectives I need to accomplish and my qualities and morals have advanced to incorporate them while attempting to keep up those morals I learned when I was young. There since have been occurrences whereby I have gotten in difficulties and I need to settle on what I know to be right and what serves my self-interest. I can 't assert that I generally make the best choices. Yet, I pride myself on being principled. Usually, I adhere to a specific way on the off chance that I feel that it is right with my beliefs. My struggle with is with the whisper in my ear attempting to occupy me from my previously chosen way, however I am persistent, resolute, and take after what I have confidence in to be right to me. I rarely make serious ethical violations but I will not hesitate to own my actions.

When raising a child one is taught values by their families that they feel are important for their child to have. I believe that family values consist of certain actions and qualities that are important to a family to uphold. Values that are important in my family are honesty, trust and to have respect for others. Each of these values is equally important in my family. They played a big role into making me the person I am now.

When people pull up to my brown house in the cul-de-sac, they might not see the family values that are dwelling within, but the moment they walk through our creaky, sun-stained front door, they will. Directly after walking inside, a wave of cinnamon attacks your nose and you’re blinded by the cleanliness. If you look up you’ll see a refurbished, but tattered plank of wood with the four key terms we live by in my house. In my mom’s curvy calligraphy, you read, “God, Family, Friends, and Go Packers.” To anyone who walks through our front door, they might not understand the extent to which this goes, but my family and I know the importance and value that it has. Back home in Wisconsin, my family lived our lives based off that motto. Minus the “Go Packers” part of that motto, I can recall three moments that perfectly resemble “God, Family, Friends.”

What is a family? What parts make up a family? These two questions are questions that millions of adults and children ask themselves regularly. When people think about a family in their head they think of a nuclear family. Where you have a Mom, Dad, and a few kids running around a home in the middle of a suburban wasteland. That is the nuclear family that I feel most modern families strive to be like. But factors can change within a family and still be a family. I do not believe that a family is strictly based off what people see from the front porch looking in. A family is about the everlasting bond that is formed between a group of people whether they are related by blood or by other means. A family is a group of people who stick together during hard times and good times, they laugh together and they cry together. They eat meals together, party together, are weaved together in life. They are like a strip of palm leaves, and when you weave a bunch of them together it makes a basket, that is a family. The people that someone can call at two in the morning on a Wednesday just because they can’t sleep. The ones who would sacrifice anything to help them. The bond can never be broken because the word “family” holds them together like glue to wallpaper.