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The text I found the most interesting in the Perspectives Magazine, was the “Moving tribute to grandmothers”. This is because I personally have a very close bond with my own grandmother. She is my best friend, and has had a big impact on me throughout my life.
One thing she practically has worked hard for, is keeping the family together. My brother and I, had not had as much contact with our cousins, if we hadn’t had our grandmother. She invites our two families to Sunday dinners, and brings her grandkids to the cinema or theater. Every seventeenth of May, our family stops by her apartment to eat her traditional cake and mixed eggs with sugar. She has brought me to many trips to the mountains, and taught me table manners and to be polite. Even though I don’t see her that much, I appreciate what she has done for me and the
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We can afford buying other countries’ products, and live of what other people have invented and made. I feel like Norway is a bit of a “copycat”. We take everything we like, because we can. We have traditions of our own that are well kept, but we have stolen a few too. Like for example Halloween and Santa Claus. These are also American traditions .
The Norwegian language has taken a lot of English words and abbreviations like “CD” and “TV ”. “Kebab-norsk” is a language that’s developed by our new Norwegian immigrants. Or maybe it’s more like a “slang” I guess. How you talk, is a big part of the impression people get of you .
In Norway, foods like pizza, sushi, kebab and thai, are very popular. In fact, none of these foods are Norwegian. Most foods that Norwegians eat, are not Norwegian.
As you can tell, nearly absolutely everything you use in your daily life, is something created by another country. The things you stand for, is influenced by the society and the people around you. Culture has a lot of influence as far as it comes to who you are, and who you want to be as a
But very much so to my Grandmother as well. As I prepare to start the next chapter of my life, College, I am so thankful for my Grandmother for being a good example and motivation for me. Like her, I am not satisfied with “just enough” but instead to always strive to be the best that I can be. Like her, I work hard to be honest and fair. I volunteer for organizations like OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates and the Cleveland Asian Festival to help others and promote my heritage. Like my Grandmother, I have a deep commitment to family. In the years to come, I will work hard to excel. To be an example. To be a role model to others. Thank you Grandmother! My
My grandma lives with her four sons. Family visits my grandma from all over the world. My grandma as five kids. There are four boys and one girl My auntie is 39 years old. My grandma likes to cook for the whole family. I help her while she
Everyone goes through rough patches in their life. Some of these patches are easy to accomplish and easy to get over. Our medicine has gotten better over time, but years ago the survival rate wasn’t that good. My grandma whose name is Linda is a breast cancer survivor and also survived with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Not everyone in this world can say she has have survived cancer this many times, especially with such low survival rates. My Grandma still puts a smile on everyone faces even when she’s in pain. She makes all of her children and grandchildren beautiful quilts, so we can have something to remember her by, if something were to happen. She loves to bake. There isn’t one occasion that there won’t be some type of desert made by her. She has so many beautiful talents.
I am here today to speak about an experience of losing one of my grandparents that meant everything to me. Thesis statement: Olivia Stanford was a robust, brave, and caring woman. Preview of Main Points 1.
Norway is in the western part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. Norway is the farthest north of any other European country. Norway is a constitutional monarchy. . The Norsemen, also known as Vikings, ravaged the coasts of northwest Europe from the 8th to the 11th century and were ruled by local chieftains. The first king of Norway was Olaf II Haraldsson. Norway was ruled by Danish kings until 1814. Norway’s official language is Norwegian.
There are other factors in which might be argued to be larger than culture, like experiences. In the story Two Kinds by Amy Tan, you might argue the mother comes to America because of her experiences and past life in China. Yes she has lost everything in China, but that is not why she chose to come to America. She didn't view America has great due to experience; she came to America because your culture led her to believe that anything is possible in America. The story supports the claim that her culture influenced the way she views America by saying, "My mother believed you can be anything you wanted to be in America. You could open a restaurant. You could work for the government and get good retirement. You could buy a house with almost no money down. You could become rich. You could become instantly famous," (Tan 18). She formed those opinions on the USA from her own culture in China, not through experience. The mother got the chance to move from experiences, but that's not why she chose to move to America. The mother viewed America has brilliant, as a place where anything is possible because of the culture she was raised in; that is why she chose to move to
The US and Norway is similar in many ways as well as they are different in many ways. In this blogpost am I going to write about some of what I find the biggest differences between America an Norway.
I lived with my grandmother for the first half of my life. She practically raised me. Everyone in our village would talk about how much she spoiled me. She would go out of her way to get what I needed. One day I was playing with my friends, there was food in the house but I just wanted to eat snacks. I complained and whined about it until I got what I wanted she made my uncle go all the way into the city to buy me some snacks even though I could’ve just eaten what was in the house. She was a part of me. We had so much in common. My mom wasn't unable to raise me because she was living in America.
She taught us how to pray. My grandmother had 13 children and my mother is her second to last child with a different father from her other children. My mother’s father (grandfather) had seven children. With this large family, I have lots of aunts, uncles, grand aunts, grand uncles, and countless numbers of cousins from different generations. Some of us are very close and know each other while some of us are distant and doesn’t communicate. We used to go to the country in the summer and on Easter break to spend time with my family on my mom’s father side of the family. My childhood experiences have taught me a lot about family. The experience of living in the same yard has taught me to stick with my family no matter what. Even though food and clothes were scarce, my family would share with each other and if one person has food, then we all would eat. We learned to utilize and appreciate the little we did have. Things weren’t as civilized in my neighborhood, but I learned to appreciate the smallest things and be grateful for what we did have.
I am writing you a letter because I am doing an assignment in class and wanted to write to you to tell you how thankful I am for you to be in my life and prepare me for the next stage in my life. You helped me throughout my whole entire life. You help me grow and become into a decent young man. I fear a few things in life for the next chapter in life. For example what about the next chapter of my life youŕe not here, what would I do then? But whatever happens, happen and I'm very thankful for you. I do think I'm ready for the real world and the next chapter in my life, all my life I've been help to prepare for the next chapter in life.
My grandma was a mother of three. She had my Aunt heather, Aunt Angie, and my mother. She raised my mother and Heather while going to college, which is a fight on its own, but to make it more difficult, she had hodgkins and had spent over an entire year fighting it in Iowa’s childrens hospital and held victory her senior year.. The chances of surviving hodgkins in the 60’s was around 75% and wasn’t the end for my Grandma, she lived to fight another day. Moving on in her life,She spent most of her time studying, she graduated high school on the top of her class, then going to college of hamilton for business. During that time, she had my mom and my Aunt Heather on the way.
I believe there are many factors that define culture, such as language, food, traditions from past generations, religion, and values. All of these factors have the power to influence the individuals within.
Norway is located in Northernmost part of Europe. Norway borders the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean and is west of Sweden. The coordinates that Norway lie on is 62 00N, 10 00E. The total area of Norway is 323, 802 square kilometers. In comparison to the world, Norway is ranked 68. Norway has a population of 5,147,972 people. The per capita GDP is $65,515. In comparison to the world, Norway is ranked 9 for per capita GDP. The GNI, which stands for gross national income per capita, is $66,578. Norway 's economy is a mixed economy, with a vibrant private sector, a large state sector, and an extensive social safety. The government controls key areas, such as the vital petroleum sector, through extensive regulation and large-scale state-majority-owned enterprises (Factbook). Norway is the world 's third-largest natural gas exporter; and seventh largest oil exporter, making one of its largest offshore oil finds in 2011. Norway opted to stay out of the EU during a referendum in November 1994; nonetheless, as a member of the European Economic Area, it contributes sizably to the EU budget. In anticipation of eventual declines in oil and gas production, Norway saves state revenue from the petroleum sector in the world 's largest sovereign wealth fund, valued at over $830 billion in January 2014 and uses the fund 's return to help finance public expenses. After
The world offers a variety of landscapes to be explored and enjoyed. Among them there is this place located in the Arctic, the largest island (non-continent) in the world, but apparently the most inhospitable, Greenland. With a large percentage of ice that covers more of the 80 % of its territory, the North American located island and politically part of the Kingdom of Denmark, is home to around 57,000 inhabitants. The most known national dishes are the seal and whale. However, it is important to mention that although this type of meat is sold at very low prices, meat is not the main reason of interest of Greenland population. They prefer the skin of these animals because of their
The population of Norway is estimated to be around 4.9-5 million people. The culture is comprised of original natives which a called the Sami, As well as many other ethnicities from American, swedes, Danes, Britons, Iranians, and former Yugoslavs. (Norway facts) The official language of Norway is bokmai and Nynorsk, not one but two most widely used languages. Both are recognized as official languages. Currently the official religion of Norway is Christianity more explicitly evangelical Lutheran faith. (Norway facts) Even though Christianity is the official religion, Norway has implemented religious freedom; furthermore other religions have begun expanding into Norway as well.