Struggle For Smarts Summary

With the world being populated by so many people and families, there are several types of people with diverse ethnic backgrounds, culture, and manner of living that are the causes of distinct values within a family. Families that are rich and poor have virtuous family values, however what one may consider as a mediocre family value may seem poor to someone else and vice versa. The purpose of this essay is to address the societal issues amongst our family values and the working class.

    Several changes have occurred since the 1920s in traditional family values and the family life. Research revealed several different findings among family values, the way things were done and are now done, and the different kinds of old and new world struggles.

No matter what background you come from or how you were raised, family is extremely important. According to Malinowski, “Family is a necessary institution for fulfilling the task of child rearing in society”(Conley, 2013). Society has come a long way when it comes to family and it is much different than it was in the 1950’s. Not all families are nuclear families. A nuclear family is having a mother, father, and children that are all biological (Conley, 2013). This kind of family is what some would call more “traditional.” Today in the twenty first century it is getting harder and harder to find families that have actually stayed together. There are so many different kinds of families in today’s society, and more and more families are becoming blended families. A blended family is when two families come together (Conley, 2013). Many families today have single mons, single, dads, and even same sex parents. Family is not always the people that live in the same house as you, family also consists of extended family. An extended family is a network that goes beyond the main “nuclear” family (Conley,

Family values are ideals that are learned traditionally in a family and are reinforced within the familial unit. Family values can be very diverse between different cultures. Some of these family values are the way children are raised, discipline, gender roles in the family, and the way families choose to live.

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

Values are often influenced by different ideologies, so it is important to look at these also.

Family is important in every culture, it shapes people and makes them who they are.

To become a member of this family, one must either born into or marry a member. In my family, we speak to each other in Vietnamese and English. When we speak to my grandmother, we talk in Vietnamese and to other members in the family we speak either in Vietnamese or English. The way we speak to one another is formal when it comes to the younger generations talking to the elders. At the same time, when the age group is similar, we speak to one another casually. My family core values in the house are to be educated, provide emotional and financial support, and being honest. In my family we believe getting an education provides a stable, balanced, and self-dependent life. There are less chances of being unemployed, no inferiorly in social standing, and provides a healthier lifestyle simply by being educated. Every family member is responsible for provide emotional and financial support to other family members who are having a difficult time going through their life. Finally, it is very important to be honest with each other in order to communicate effectively what each individual wants or does not wants

Family identity is important to develop who they will be in the world, a family's values, goals and vision help build a strong foundation that will mold someone into a productive member of society. Family relationships are the building blocks that lead to strong moral values. Respect, honesty and trust are all developed with family members. The stronger the bond in the family, the stronger the moral values will be as a person grows up. If the family doesn’t have strong values, skills will develop based off the environment. This can be a tough thing to learn, not

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful,” said Herman Cain. Some say it’s all about what you can do with the salary. Others may say that money means nothing if their is no meaningful purpose to it. Money has no meaning if the person is not happy with what they are doing. Before setting goal to be successful, you first need to know what success means to you as an individual. Success is setting an ultimate goal and striving the most to fully fulfill your own goal. Some may ask themselves asking, How do we know when someone has reach success? Is it based on wealth or legacy? As the Superintendent of the District Administrators there has been noticeable progress

The family obligations are a built-in part of life. Each member in the family has his or her own obligations and responsibilities to associate with the other family members. “Families are considered to be the most influential context for the development of social relationships and set the stage for the development of relationships with others” (Khanh T Dinh at al. 1994). However, the family obligations are different between Asian and Western families. Specifically, Vietnamese parents teach their children to understand the complex nature of family obligation when they are little. Vietnamese people distinguish between immediate family and extended family. The Vietnamese kids are taught to respect every single one in the family including relatives

As a Hollywood union representative I would compose an action plan to resolve the issue of the complaints of unequal treatment from minorities from a certain movie studio. I will start this process by complaining valuable information and creating a SMART plan. A SMART plan can be very effective with helping a business align these goals with their expectations so they have an attainable and time-based resolution (“Develop a Plan of Action,” 2017). SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely.

Values are separated into three different types: universal values, cultural values, and personal values. Universal values being that humans universally value good manners. Personal Values provide an inner suggestion for what is good, important, beautiful, beneficial, useful and so on. It also influences behaviour and helps solve common difficulties and problems for human survival. Members of a culture will share similar values, which are transmitted by family, media, education, and religion.

These are usually a mix of family values and social-cultural values, together with our own individual ones, according to our experiences.