My Personal Worldviews

A few years had past since my family had become a statistic, when my sister and brother left home on their way to their own goals in life. This new change produced even a greater effect on me than did the departure of my father. Now came the time where I decided if no one else had to stay in the family, neither did I. I took this opportunity to become closer to my friends and their families hoping to become more welcome there than I did at home. It was not long after my constant deviation from what was left of my family that my mother decided she was going to keep me out of the house for extended periods of time. Now the time had come for me to really find my path in life.

In today’s society, family is often attempted to be organized within a social structure. Within this structure family typically is consisted of mom, dad, daughter, and son. However, many families do not fit into this configuration. These families may include same sex couples, separated or divorced families, extended families, or even blended families. Even though these families may be happy and healthy, to many they are not considered real families. Going along with the topic of imperfect families, both Barbara Kingsolver and Richard Rodriguez try to break down the traditional family structure through their writing. While Kingsolver’s “Stone Soup” and Rodriguez’s “Family Values” explore the ideas of different family structures and traditional American values, “Stone Soup” breaks down what an actual family is like while “Family Values” expresses the value of family in different cultures.

The emphasis on individualism has provoked a deeper inspection of one’s personal values and beliefs while feminism has opened the door for a new type of traditional family to emerge with new dynamics between parents, children and their roles within the home. These new dynamics merge right along with cultural values as the two merge. In America, life is varied from home to home with different culturally-influenced family values. While throughout other parts of the world, different countries have maintained a balance within a core value system that affects all families alike through religion and a national way of life. There is no doubt that the many varied factors of modern society, ethnic background and religion all play significant roles in forming family values that shape the life of an

ntroduction: Family is an integral part of many American’s lives it shapes how we grew up, how we interconnect with society, and how we choose to live our lives. “The American Family” by Stephanie Coontz is an essay comparing the way of the family from several points in time to show what changes have come about for better or worse. Her points may be biased and in order to seek confirmation of her points, the memories of individuals who have lived through the longer span of time will provide incite as to whether others agree with her. I have conducted such an interview with my grandparents Linda Jolliffe, being 70, and Earl Jolliffe, being 73. By reading Coontz’s essay aloud I was able to record and analyze their thoughts and opinions from their perspective, and compare theirs with mine while taking a look into why bias has such an effect when writing.

Another part of my religion that affects my worldview is the fact we have forgiveness through God. He sent is one and only son to Earth to die in order to give us salvation through him. That gives me hope for our world, the fact that we have a choice to follow him and refrain from sin. Another belief from my religion that influences my worldview is that there is evil in the world. Especially in today’s times, it is easy to see how the world is becoming filled with more and more evil. I think God allows evil in the world to keep humanity in check to some point. In other words, God has the need to test his followers. Those tests most often come in the form of different evils. The tests are, in other words, a way to test our self- will. I think this is a huge part of Christianity and in turn my worldview. I feel like showing your self-will is a daily challenge and in it can be tested in many different ways or scenarios. I think that God is able to take evil away but somehow it is necessary to keep in the world. I honestly can’t think of a reason for keeping evil in the world but I have to keep faith that God does have a purpose for it. This, ties in to a part of my worldview, in that there is a purpose for everything.

Families play a large role in the lives of every person to ever live. If one is born without a family, their lives will be much different than one who is born with a family, whether that family has a positive influence on said person or not. Every member of a family shapes a person’s identity, especially when they are growing up. If a child grows up with irresponsible parents that do not care for their child or adhere to their needs, the child will most likely grow up to become a person of a similar fashion with similar characteristics as their parents because that is all they have experienced and that is the only way that they

No one can control what family they are born into nor what struggles are destined for them in the future. By the age of nine, my parents could no longer help me with my homework, rather they could only offer a few words of encouragement. The language barrier and cultural clash we experienced as a family put me at a disadvantage compared to other children my age.

A worldview is the framework from which we view reality and make sense of life and the world. I base my worldview on the infallible Word of God. I believe the Bible to be entirely true, that it is the foundation of everything I say and do. I believe in a Christian worldview in which my primary reason for existence is to love and serve God. I stand firm on “The Apostles Creed” believing in God the Father, who is maker of the heaven and earth.  I recognize that “in Him all things hold together” (Col. 1:17), for all true knowledge flows from Him. In this paper, I will explain my belief in Jesus Christ and my Christian worldview.

During class lecture and discussions, I began thinking about how I have been raised and the social location of my family. Once this paper was assigned, I thought more specifically about myself and the effect my social location has on where I am now and the person I am today. Through the lectures, I found myself relating a lot to the content and studies, which we learned are typically done on a middle class family much like my own. Prior to this class, I had mixed thoughts about my family. We are like most families and we are not like most families. Though these thoughts still hold true, I was able to see why I had both and why they conflicted. While we experience the things a typical family experience, these are unique to us. They are impacted

One man’s kids describe a man with a passion for teaching younger kids. He really has an interest in learning about kid’s personalities and he has noticed that females and males act differently towards his teaching position. People distinguish class worldview and personal worldview. Classical worldview is the social consciousness of the class. Personal worldview is a system of views about nature, about society and about oneself formed in each individual. It regulates the political, ethical, and other ideological tendencies. It is a manifestation of the whole personality that governs the individual's perceptions, attitudes and actions. In classed society, the personal worldview is classier. Therefore, in the teaching process, it is necessary to pay full attention to the establishment of the scientific world view for students so that they have the right thoughts, attitudes and correct actions. It is not easy to change the doubts of men who are going to elementary education when there are very few of them. This article emphasizes the different thoughts between women and men, how do men treat him and how to be a teacher.

I have grown up in an American, Caucasian, middle-class family of five. My parents have been married for 29 years and have two daughters and a son. My sister is 27, my brother is 25, and I am 20. My family has had many great experiences, but has also faced various challenges. Throughout our different experiences, our family dynamic has developed.

My family history is rather unclear and unexplored. I do know that my maternal grandmother was adopted. My paternal side is said to be Italian. I come from an English speaking family. The geographic range is also unexplored and limited to western Pennsylvania. I grew up in the small town of Nolo, Pennsylvania. I can recall moving from one house to another but within the same county. I did change school districts one time. I would consider this to be very stable. Currently, I reside in Indiana county where I grew up. I have been married for six years and have a two year old son that will soon be a big brother. My wife and I built a home within the same geographical location as our parents. My spouse was also raised in a stable nuclear style family structure.

As the youngest of four children, I have learned that each child in a family interprets values differently, even when raised at the same time in the same house. Some of the views that my parents hold, I have adopted, while other views have developed inversely. My parents raised self-determined and feisty children and we were encouraged to rock the boat and keep those around us on their feet. Our opinions are usually welcomed and not often quashed.

One of my spheres of influence is my family. I am both a wife and a mother. I have been married to the same wonderful man for 20 years and we have two beautiful daughters together. Our oldest daughter, Heather, is 19 years old and our youngest daughter, Rebecca is 17 years old. Heather is a senior in college and started student teaching this week. Rebecca is a senior in high school and currently trying to decide which college to go attend. Both girls still live at home with me and my husband. As a mother it is my job to guide my children in making the best choices for their future. When Heather started 9th grade I helped her weigh the benefits of graduating early. Since Pre-K she had always been bored with school, because she was a gifted child and the assignments were too easy for her. I helped her decide that taking dual credit courses in high school and graduating a year early she would be able to take more challenging classes and get an early start on her career. As a spouse, it is my role to be understanding and supportive of my husband. I would consider both myself and my husband as equal leader of our family. This is because neither of us makes major decisions without input from the other person. As a leader I try to act as a good role model for my children. I want them to see what a good mother and wife should be. I also want them to see what a Christian should be.

I have been very blessed to be able to have a family while I have been growing up. This essay is not about me complaining about that at all. I love my family; my large, diverse family. I love all the quirky, crazy, cool, and even embarrassing family members. Now when I say large, I do not just mean I have a lot of siblings, and my parents have a lot of siblings. I mean that when my parents divorced and remarried it made my family large and not only large but complicated and diverse. Some people think it would be amazing to be from a large family, but I could tell them that being from one has its pros such as getting to have multiple holidays at different houses, and getting to have many different families that are all diverse, but it also has its cons such as having to drive for hours from house to house on holidays, and having each side believe differently when it comes to religion.