Tossing and turning in my bed on Sunday morning I hear salsa music blasting on stereo downstairs. As I make my way downstairs I see my mother dancing while cleaning and she tells me “This reminds me of the days when I used to live in Puerto Rico.” As the songs change she keeps talking about her memories, until my father walks into the room and says “Oh! Its Sunday so you know what’s on TV? Sunday football turn it on!” Once he turned on the channel the national anthem began to play and my father spoke about how when he entered the Navy he knew nothing but Spanish because he came from Puerto Rico but the only thing he knew in English was our national anthem. He stated how when entered the Navy he quickly assimilated into the American lifestyle
My Hispanic culture is exceedingly unique contrast to other cultures because we have countless of beliefs, holidays, lifestyles, etc. My world of Hispanic culture raised me to become an independent and determined person because being the first generation of a Hispanic family to attend college has my family beyond thrilled for me to put value to our heritage. Putting value in our heritage is a magnificent emotion because people anticipate Hispanics to fail; but, we prove them wrong when we accomplish our goals. The Hispanic culture’s strength is unbelievably astonishing because we are ambitious of our dreams and we don’t cease until we fulfill our wish. Including the Hispanic culture at University of Washington may open people’s mind that we
Pablo Camacho was one of my old family friend who lives in Puerto Rico, since that’s where my family’s from. He used to be my dad’s family accountant who ran all the numbers and did all the financial operations of the business. Since my dad moved away from the island, we still keep in touch because of how close they were. Therefore, I thought this was the perfect person to vex or ask him questions for my interview. I have to disclose that Puerto Rico’s primary language is not English and I had to translate this interview from Spanish. I did my best in translating everything and summarizing it.
The commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico), known to most Americans as simply Puerto Rico, exists as one of two territories owned by the United States1. Being a territory of the United States, Puerto Ricans possess common citizenship, currency, and defense. However, even though Puerto Ricans are United States citizens they do not pay any kind of federal income taxes. Therefore, they cannot vote in presidential elections. Puerto Rico is under the jurisdiction of the United States customs, and are allowed free movement of people and merchandise with the United States. They have established their own constitution, and have a greater amount of independence than possessions. Although
In "A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood," Judith Cofer accomplishes three powerful achievements: she gives details on the stories of her family experiences, shows her family stories in a strong imaginative language, and points out how family stories can take over a person's life. This essay seems to be very tricky because she goes from one story to another. Cofer's claim would be very difficult to understand if she started with one story; instead, she should finish explaining the initial story before moving on to the next one. Instead, Cofer shows how a woman can potentially go crazy if her man mistreats her.
I am fluent in both Spanish and English, I am also well aware of the Latino-American experience in the United States. I have been raised in the Los Angeles area since the age of seven and thus, I am particularly sensitive to my Latino/Latina (Hispanic) patients, and their unique medical needs. In the most practical terms, I will be able to reach out to my Latino/a patients in their native language, and thereby increasing the accuracy of treatment, reducing error and increasing my patients sense of importance and relevance in their healing process. Chiropractic medicine would provide me with the balance between the holistic approach to the patient care, a complete understanding of the physiology and biomechanics of the body, and a constant observation
Growing up, I barely heard the early 2000’s hits blasting from the car radio; instead, Marc Anthony would always serenade us. Growing up, Christmas day didn’t begin Christmas morning; instead Christmas day began Christmas Eve night. Growing up, I didn’t dismiss my heritage; instead, I embraced it. My Latino background defines who I am. Surging throughout my body, my Puerto Rican and Salvadoran heritage has shaped me into the person I am today.
As a Hispanic American, I have been exposed to the beauty of my ancestors culture, while living in a country with one of its own. Being the first generation to be born in the United States of America, coming from a family whose roots deeply stem from the Dominican Republic, is an interesting dynamic. While my family is well adjusted to living in the States, they still celebrate as if they were back in their birthplace. They eat, drink, and dance as if they were back home. They speak Spanish to each other despite knowing perfect English. They remind us first generation kids, how privileged we are to be born in the States. As an American, my lifestyle and culture is evidently different than that of my family. I, among my Hispanic American millennial
Interestingly enough I never learned about the history of Puerto Rico while in school. The curriculum during my grade school years never included Puerto Rican history. It is interesting that there is a whole month dedicated to Hispanic heritage and not once did we touch upon the history of Puerto Rico. When reading the book by Ray Suarez I found that there were many instances where oppression, racism, and discrimination were portrayed. Ray Suarez speaks about Isabel Gonzalez a young pregnant Puerto Rican woman who wanted to move to the United States with her fiancé who was an American citizen. However, while on her way to New York a new regulation was passed that changed her immigration
“Wow...there is no way you’re Latino. You’re way too white!” was the ignorant remark made by a one of my peers during my school’s annual Latin-American Fest. Initially, hearing this claim made me look into the mirror. I began to stroke my face and examine my physical features. Was this true? Was I not Latino enough? Did the amount of melanin or lack thereof deem me as Latino?
Art comes in many different forms, and there are similarities and differences in all forms of art. While “Stars, I Have Seen Them Fall” by A.E. Housman, “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman, and Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh have some obvious similarities, they have striking differences as well. While the poems and painting may seem like innocent pieces of work, they all share a similar theme and tone. “Stars, I Have Seen Them Fall” just sounds like a more pessimistic poem just by the title, but when if someone were to actually read the poem, they would come across “But no star is lost at all / From all the star-sown sky” (Housman 3-4).
Puerto Rico held many of my most cherished childhood memories. The 3 years my family spent there were some of the best years of my life. I remember the day we arrived there and settled into a hotel to live temporarily. I wasn’t sure why I couldn’t understand my favorite cartoons anymore. A man with a daughter my age took me to school during the first week and I couldn’t understand that man either. My parents explained to me that they spoke Spanish and soon enough in school, I was learning the language.
“Foul is fair and fair is foul” (Shakespeare. 1.1.11) the irony in the contradiction of these words spoken by the witches introduce Macbeth to his untimely doom. The tragedy was set in the English Renaissance by William Shakespeare for King James І who was thought to be a descendent of Banquo. In Macbeth, William Shakespeare uses the motifs of natural and supernatural to convey the theme that you cannot take everything as it seems.
What rules are set up at my present nursing project to deal with mistakes and issues of close missed blunders by understudies in the clinical and reenactment setting? I have never seen this issue while in my past LPN program nor have, I at any point went over somebody who has however this is a decent inquiry to consider. With the varieties of reasons and reasons of detailed attendants, not announcing blunders or missteps is an extraordinary matter of value and security in the clinical setting. The American Journal of Nursing, October 2017, Volume #117 had led an exploration titled, "investigating how nursing schools handle understudy mistake and close misses". I will expand on the exploration reason, the conduction of research, the examination
You find yourself in an elevator with a prospective Discovery hiring manager for your dream internship. Pitch them why you should be hired in 3 sentences or less.
Well I have. It quite possibly was one of the most terrifying and nerve racking experiences that I have ever encountered. This made me feel so sad that this happened to me. This was one of the worst day of my entire life because I stopped communicating with my family back in Puerto Rico and I really hope it doesn't happen again cause if it does I will cry more than I did this day. I really hope it doesn't happen to none of you guys. I believe that they will all be okay and live a better life after what happened.