My Family Values In The Rocky Mountains

The photos you see depict my family perfectly. I am in the top row on the left, top center is a photo of my grandfather, top right is a photo of my dad. Next, in the center row on the left is a photo of my grandmother

When people think of America, they think of white picketed fences, the American dream, and white people living in suburbs. But most people don’t imagine poor, illiterate “hillbillies” (as they are often labelled as). Their upbringing in the household, thoughts on marriage and the like were divergent compared to the rest of the developed western world. This essay will promote the development of understanding the Appalachian people’s kinship and family life, why they practice certain customs and how it affects them. This essay will also take a closer look into why and how the lack of modern technology, low paying jobs/no jobs, media’s portrayal of how families are supposed to be and drug use has influenced the mountaineers and their families in regards to gender roles ,social life, marriage, divorce ,courtship and so on. In addition to that it will also look at the comparison between modern American households and family life to see what differences and similarities they have between each other.

I glance amusedly at the photo placed before me. The bright and smiling faces of my family stare back me, their expressions depicting complete happiness. My mind drifted back to the events of the day that the photo was taken. It was Memorial Day and so, in the spirit of tradition my large extended family had gathered at the grave of my great grandparents. The day was hot and I had begged my mother to let me join my friends at the pool. However, my mother had refused. Inconsolable, I spent most of the day moping about sulkily. The time came for a group picture and so my grandmother arranged us all just so and then turned to me saying, "You'd better smile Emma or you'll look back at this and never forgive yourself." Eager to please and

What I can learn from this photo is that you can learn to use symbolic worlds like head in the Clouds and show that in my photos as new away of human expression can be use that people would not normal think of

A photograph can impact someone in many ways. It can cause them to see something they haven't before, it can alter their perspective, or it can compel them to reflect on their own life. A photograph that makes me think about my life, and life in general, is one that my family took a couple months ago. It depicts four generations of “Ramaeker women;” my great grandma June, my grandma, aunt, mom, my sisters, and I. This photograph means a great deal to me, it represents our memorable trip to Arizona and the time that we were able to spend with my great grandma.

I believe the culture in Utah places great emphasis on the family unit. Families strive to find ways to spend time together in order to strengthen those relationships. Strengthening family relationships provides a secure foundation for school aged children. According to Brooks (2013), “family game times and reading books together bring families closer together and establish greater feelings of emotional security in children” (p. 294). When I moved to Utah several years ago, I noticed how many families have time set aside one night each week for family time. I have also discovered that families put great emphasis on reading together as a family and make weekly trips to the library. These activities will strengthen relationships and give children

Everybody has a different set of values. The Logan family and The Wallace family have different set of values throughout the book.. The Logan family demonstrates positive values as they face challenges. They value, family ,pride, learning and courage. The Wallaces values seem to be focused around negative things. They value the fact that they are wealthier than others, and feel they are better and more powerful because they are “white”

Reasons, why I have chosen this snapshot, is because I think this image contains something that makes a lasting impression on me. It has a lot of good things I can talk about this snapshot memory. Not just good memories but an image that will not be able to get deleted from my mind. People who are in this image are my family members. I say that out of all the other images I have this is one of the favorite ones I can actually say I have a lasting impression. This snapshot image is not really bright image picture because it was taken by the time when the sun was already going down. I have an amazing time that day we had a lot of fun with each other, family times are always great.

I believe I am very blessed to be living the life I am today. The images that are shown on my “Me Collage” represent who I am as a person today. To help illustrate my life, I have shown symbols and pictures of my past, present, and future with a story behind every picture. When I was young, I was very lucky to have the opportunity to see extraordinary parts of the world with my family. This type of exposure at a young age has helped shape who I am today.

It is truly amazing to see how far photography has come. With practical cameras only being 1800s when they were extremely large to now where everyone has one in their pocket as part of their phone. To make it even more incredible photos taken now can be shared across the world in the matter of seconds with the simple push of a button. There are even social media applications dedicated to only sharing pictures as a quick glimpse into your life. However, what is truly incredible about a picture is the emotions it can evoke, and the change that it can start.

This picture is important to me because it helped me learn that if you stick with something that you enjoy you can never go wrong. This picture was taken two years ago ,and now i'm a whole lot more involved in with my job. I’ve made friends, got experience and learned patience and that's really what this picture reminds me of

I find it amazing how a single moment can be captured and only the people that were there know the meaning behind that picture. When you see my picture you see a little boy having a good time finger painting but when I see it the picture has much more meaning. The little boy in the picture is my three year old nephew who I love very much and he is doing something he never dared to do. My nephew is a very smart kid but when it comes to trying new stuff especially if it involves touching shiny things he isn't a big fan of it.

Drawing all this photos made me think how beautiful my life is, is beautiful because I have a family which love me and I love but What is Family? Well for me family is when people you share not blood only but good and bad memories. For me my family is my mother she is so sweet and lovely but gets mad easily but that's normal, my Dad he is very overprotective but very cool and helps me calm my mom when she is mad, my little sister, she is nice very friendly and is always there for me she's my rock and a very intelligent and strong girl if it wasn't for her I wouldn't be here today since she keep pushing me to finish school , my little brother he is just a kid but he do a lot for me when I feel bad he can make me feel a lot

When this picture was taken, I was in the most difficult part of my fifteen year journey to happiness. At the time, I was in constant fear of the future. This was due to the fact that I was, and still am, one of those people that desires a less than traditional life path. At the time, I felt like my only option was the predictable “go to college and have kids and retire at age 65 in order to enjoy life for a few years and then die without doing anything significant” route. That terrified me. I knew that taking that road would not make me happy, yet I felt locked into it both by my own fear and society’s influence. The inevitability of existential anguish at the end of my life felt like an inescapable prophecy.

In the article ‘Family Values in America’ by Dudley Erskine Devlin, the author thinks that moral values have nothing to do with family structures and we need to give kids some space. The group that support returning to traditional family thinks that decline of nuclear family is the cause of children acting without moral values, because there is no good example and guidance for the children. This group believes that to solve the problem with lowering of family values, we must return to nuclear family. The second group thinks that family structures have already changed, it is important that every adult around the children and media can focus on teaching them “family values”, so it is necessary to have a cultural reform. This is difficult due