I am Monami and I am a Mexican teenager in Texas. I live with my father who is a farmer, my mother and my 4 siblings who work inside the house. Our family is in the middle class. Our farm has animals and valuable crops. Although working in farms are laborious, this made us a much valuable state since our climate is suited for growing valuable crops like cotton.…
What also makes this topic different is the fact that every generation develops their own values, the way they see things and think things should be. I grew up as a child listening to what my parents said, but as I got older I started questioning things they told me and eventually it has come to me seeing different sides of things compared to them. Likewise, it is nearly impossible to undermine the fact that as new generations arise, they too will see things in a different light and will object to what others tell them to be…
My name is Aysha Perez. I am 34 years of age. I was born and raised in New York City. I am currently married and have 3 amazing kids, 1 boy and 2 girls. My oldest child is my son who is 17 years old, my middle child, a girl, who is 8 years old and my youngest who is also a girl and is 6 years old.…
Who is Melissa Zuniga? I am the youngest of three children of immigrant parents from Mexico and Honduras. I work hard and strive to have the life my parents dreamed for me when they came to America. I have a strong Latino heart and have been raised with Latino culture, so when I entered school I was suddenly informed that learning English was essential, so I learned from an early age to have strong work ethic to achieve success. . I am very “expressive” I express my thoughts and personality through different types of arts; such as include painting rocks, sculptures, and music.…
Nico. They call me Nico. Well my full name is Nicolas Santiago Chavez. I live in Inglewood, California with my mama and papa. We are very family oriented for “la familia es amor.” Growing up in Inglewood, life hasn't always been facil. We live in a neighborhood known as Sunnyside Park, though it isn’t the sunniest place to live in. I didn’t have many friends growing up except for the kids on the cross country team. Also, I would play with the neighborhood kids, we called ourselves los chicos malos. We had been together since we were seven. Everyone knew who we were, we were like brothers. Growing up my papa always taught me two important lessons “never forget where you came from , when you make it big one day” and “Inglewood isn't the safest place so survive with instinct not heart.”…
Life is cyclical. It has no beginning, no end, just a long list of causes and effects, repeating patterns and cycles as it stretches through time. Isabel Allende, in the novel The House of the Spirits demonstrates how history repeats itself and that everything is connected through the repetition of events, the inter-generational storyline and the ending of cycles.…
It’s a fact that Maya Angelou is known for writing poetry and novels that empower and inspire many people, especially African Americans. Critics have different beliefs of the purposes of her poems. This research paper will focus on two of Angelou’s most famous works: “Caged Bird” and “Still I Rise”. Critics believe that the main focus on these two poems is reflected on African American history. They go much deeper. These two poems reflect her life story as well, which is why so many people are attached or emotionally drawn to her work. I truly believe that Maya Angelou wrote these two poems because of the personal experiences she encountered in her life.…
Just a eighteen year old white child whose family is middle class growing up in the 2000’s. Goes to church every Sunday. Just so happens that my mom and I sit in the same exact spot like we’re eighty year olds. Parents “were” happily married. I have a older brother who is my Best and a dog that is my whole world. I just so happen to sings at the top of my lungs in the shower just like every other kid my age. Who attended the most culturally diverse high school in Michigan.…
I was the first baby born on January 4th, 1997 in Lima, Ohio. Then the story began. Growing up I’ve hit a lot of misfortunes and missed out on a lot of opportunities most people had. I’m from a broken home, but a giant ass family. I have four brothers and one older sister, which makes me the baby of the family.…
My grandparents taught me most of my basic ‘Personal Values’. I learned from an early age how to be polite, have good manners and respect my elders as failure to do so would result in getting sent to bed early. In those days I did not have a television in my room so in my eyes this was the ultimate punishment! They were not deeply religious people; my grandmother attended church every Sunday and took me to Sunday school. At the age of twelve she gave me the choice as whether to attend or not. I did not attend but she still taught me the moral values of respecting myself, my body and how a female should/ should not behave in public and at home. As today’s culture climate is changing towards how some young women behave e.g. children to several partners, going out barely clothed and getting themselves into all sorts of situations, I feel she was perhaps right in her teachings but when I say this to some of my nieces they tend to tell me I’m a bit too old fashioned and they’re glad I’m not their mother. I do not have any specific religious values and I would not disagree or agree with anybody else’s views, I hold the value of everybody being entitled to their own opinions and beliefs. I have passed all of these values onto my own child over the years and feel proud when people say what a polite and thoughtful man he is.…
My family comes from a poor rural farming community in the middle of Mexico. My mother has a fifth grade education and my father a sixth grade education. In 2001 a few weeks before my forth birthday my family moved from Mexico to the United States. All of my memories are here in the United States and…
In Malcolm Gladwell’s essay Examined Life Gladwell believes that Stanley H. Kaplan ruined the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) by making it coachable. The Educational Testing Service, that created the SAT, did not intend for the test to be coachable or studied for. They believed that cramming or last minute review was pointless because the focus of the test was not about what a student learned, but what a student was capable of learning. The accounts and research that Gladwell displayed in his essay “Examined Life” was thorough and proved his argument in my opinion.…
I am only 17, yet I feel as though I have had a lifetime of experiences. I am multi-talented, deaf, Chinese and Jewish. I invite you personally to share my special life which I believe has helped me become the well-adjusted person I am today.…
Parents have a great deal of responsibility. They are their children's first teacher. It is from parents, children can learn their culture, social skills, life skills, and get exposed to many experiences. Parents must be willing to take on the challenge of exposing their children…
'm 16. On a recent night, while I was busy thinking about important social issues, like what to do over the weekend and who to do it with, I overheard my parents talking about my future. My dad was upset — not the usual stuff that he and Mom and, I guess, a lot of parents worry about, like which college I'm going to, how far away it is from home and how much it's going to cost. Instead, he was upset about the world his generation is turning over to mine — a world he fears has a dark and difficult future, if it has a future at all.…