Tania En La Vida Analysis

As my senior year here at Jersey College of Nursing moves quickly to its end, I reflect on how far I have come and what exactly my experience here at Jersey College of Nursing has meant to me.

In the video, Un Día en la Vida: San Andrés Itzapa, Guatemala. The technological innovations of Tania and Jairo, will one day affect their education, traditions, and lives, as technology has affected my own education, traditions, and daily life. The first way in which technology will influence Jairo and Tania, is through education. Due to the technical advancements of electricity, there will be a greater need for students to become electricians, as Jairo is becoming. Additionally, these improvements will also modify traditions and, such as Carnaval, by changing how it is celebrated with more modern influences, like electricity .Most importantly, these developments, will significantly transform their lives, by giving them better health through

‘...now we are in a place more beautiful than creation.’ (p.202) At the end of ‘Trash’, Raphael, Gardo and Rat begin a new life. Describe the qualities of each character and how their friendship helped them overcome their hardships.

It was March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. A baby boy was born; a boy that one day changed the world for all children. That boy was Theodor Seuss Geisel, mostly known as Dr. Seuss. His mother and father, Henrietta and Theodore Geisel, called him Ted. Theodor became a writer, poet, and cartoonist. His work had a revolutionary impact on children’s literature and changed the way children learned to read.

My abuela tells me bien viaje, or safe travels, every time I leave Nogales, Mexico. Nogales, Mexico is located south of Tucson, Arizona, by an hour and a half. Just across the border in Nogales, Arizona, I was born. Once I cross the border, I exchange the rest of my pesos for dollars at a casa de cambio. From there I make my way to Phoenix via a shuttle. It’s not until the wheels of the plane leave the ground that I realize just how much it all means to me, and how grateful I am to be Mexican.

In the Article “Taking a “War of Words” Too Literally” written by Deborah Tannen it is often indicated that being extremely pugnacious is the subconscious nature of our everyday Westernized society. This type of normalized reasoning for an altercation is pointed out as being the incorrect justification to have an argument. Therefore Tannen is correct that in today's society a vast majority of Americans have adapted a very fervent aggressive and argumentative culture that they do not seem to recognize. Modern politics and the media have a large role played out within the cultivation of such a contentious type of debate though the root comes from the education system.

Mi Vida Loca means “my crazy life (as a girl).” The movie documents the phenomenon of female gangs in the early nineties in Los Angeles. It is written and directed by Allison Anders, who grew up in Los Angeles and went to UCLA. She uses personal experiences to help influence her story writing. In Echo Park, a group of young Mexican-Americans show what it means to live in the inner city. The film looks at gang lifestyle from a woman’s point of view to uncover relationships, conflicts, gang loyalty, and identity. The “homegirls” portray their female friendships through their daily lives of survival in Echo Park. It is a rough life with almost every “homegirl” having a baby by the time they are twenty-one and almost every

For this Hispanic Heritage Month Paper I chose the Inventor Guillermo González Camarena who invented the first color TV screen. The life of Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena started in Guadalajara on February 17, 1917. When Guillermo was 2 years old he moved to Mexico City where as a young boy he made electrically propelled toys and at 12 he constructed his first amatuer radio. When Guillermo was young he established a laboratory in the basement of his house! In 1930 he was selected to go to the School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineers and after two years was given permit as a radio administrator. While he tested in his research facility, he worked at the radio station of the Ministry of Education. In 1934 he fabricated his own TV camera when

A famous actor, Michael J. Fox once said, “Family is not an important thing it is everything”. In the same way, family will be with one through hard times and love one no matter what. The two stories that best prove family is the cultural element that informs the way individuals view others and the world are Two Ways to Belong in America and By Any Other Name. The impact family has on cultural perspective can be clearly seen when one views the teachings, names, books, and tradition. However, family might not always be the best cultural element, because family may disappoint one or not help them. Despite this, family will still be there for their children at difficult times to help them get through their struggles. Family is the cultural

To live well is to be happy, it is to have a safe home and a family to come home to, as well as to have all your basic needs met and enjoy your life. In the graphic novel The Arrival by Shaun Tan, the series of various frames presented in the book show the story of a man leaving his family and taking a journey to begin a new life in a new place. The place the family was residing in had dark, spiky tails or vines encasing it, the building are rickety and the streets are empty; all of these aspects provoke a sense of unhealthiness, danger, and overall fear towards the environment they are surrounded by. The man had to leave in order to improve his family's quality of life. The new city has vendors on the street and many people walking around,

“Of course you can be prodigy, too” (471). A mother’s wish for her daughter who believes she can be whatever she wants in America. In the story of “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, a mother who comes from China after losing her first husband, twin baby girls and her home; comes to America having dreams for her daughter, Jing-Mei. “You can open a restaurant. You could work for the government. You could become rich…” (471). As a child of immigrant parents, I believe they too had that dream. America gives us better opportunities, a better life and numerous ways to be successful. This story shares what many parents go through; being obedient to parents wishes or following their own mind. They only want the best for their kids, especially if they didn’t have the opportunity due to lack of education.

Once we landed in the capital, San Salvador international airport, I noticed many differences from the start. As we walked from the landing strip, I have already noticed that the country was less advances compared to the United States. Although that was in 2009, in El Salvador they had more technology from the early 2000’s. The first lesson that I learned was that I was dependent on technology to fill my boredom. Although it wasn’t much compared to today, I noticed that once my iPod Classic was dead. I had nothing to do until it recharged, and once the

In Tan’s earlier years, her mother’s English limited her own perception of her; Tan even states that she was ashamed of her mother’s English at the time. There were several instances recalled by Tan in which her mother was treated differently because of her grammar while speaking to unfamiliar business people. While in department stores, banks, and even restaurants, Tan’s mother was ignored and given mediocre

Amy Tan was born in 1952, in Oakland, California to Chinese immigrants John and Daisy Tan. Her family eventually settled in Santa Clara. When Tan was in her early teens, her father and one of her brothers died of brain tumors within months of each other. During this period Tan learned that her mother had been married before, to an abusive husband in China. After divorcing him, her mother fled China during the Communist takeover, leaving three daughters behind who she would not see again for nearly forty years.

The most talked about character in the story is Joe Christmas, as he was the first isolated individual to be acknowledged. Joe is considered one of the most debated characters because he does not fit in any culture or society. Joe’s isolation begins back when he stayed at an orphanage until the age of five under of the impression that he was black However, since Joe is neither definitely black or white, people of the town use derogatory words when they address him, and naturally, he retreats into his own world and becomes isolated. The feeling of non-belonging creates a sense of inadequacy and Joe begins to suffer from social remoteness, and this happens with all the other characters that will be outcast as well. Joe Christmas best demonstrates