The Collision of Two Cultures - Implications of Cultural Values and Beliefs on Caring Concepts Abstract This paper is a personal response to Anne Fadiman’s book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. The paper includes a summary of the book‚ an overall impression of the reader‚ a discussion of three major themes evident in the book‚ and a description of a situation from the book and how the situation could be handled differently using references and material learned in 3020 Transcultural
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Having spent my entire childhood living in very small‚ rural areas of Wisconsin‚ I was rarely exposed to diversity. My undergraduate education at Loyola University Chicago introduced and allowed me to interact with a range of people from various cultures and ethnicities. This newfound experience taught me that people see and interpret things differently and that cultural beliefs are not the only factors that influence differences in opinion. The community‚ environment‚ and even one’s friends can
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person you are today? I’ve been through so much during my lifetime. Each of the events that I’ve encountered has done their part in shaping me into who I am today. Often‚ people mention big events that have shaped them into being the people they are today. However‚ I am not going to do that. I’m here mentioning the little experiences made me the person I am today. That is because it’s the little things in life that we often don’t consider that helps us change. When I was in 7th grade my family
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| Review of:Why You Do The Things You Do Clinton‚ Dr. Tim & Sibcy‚ Dr. Gary. (2006). Why You Do the Things You Do: The Secret of Healthy Relationships. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. Summary Relationships are in our everyday life all around us‚ but the most intimate relationships we have include God‚ our parents‚ our children and our spouse. God implanted the desire for intimacy or relationship within us when He created Adam and Eve. God hardwired the desire for relationship in us because
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When i was 16 years old my brother wanted an iphone and i got one before him. He told my mom and dad it was totally unfair and they told him that i payed for it. Then my brother kept asking and asking for my iphone and i kept saying no‚no‚no! It my phone not yours!. Eventually after i kept saying no he couldn’t use it or have it he stopped asking for it and went in his room to sulk and i went in mine to go and relax and play on my new phone. By my brother wanting my phone i refused to give it
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lectures‚ immigrants tend to mistrust the American health care system due to difference in medical remedies and the language spoken. I know first-hand that my mother would prefer to have a Ghanaian physician‚ as opposed to the general white American doctor. Anne Fadiman wrote a successful award-winning book called‚ The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ which highlights how the cultural differences between the Hmong culture and American medicine jeopardized the health of a little girl named Lia
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True Meaning “Everything about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home”(1369)‚ this character‚ Connie‚ in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is depicted as a self-centered‚ condescending‚ insecure fifteen year old girl growing into a woman. Connie comes off as a troubled young girl who consistently uses her sexuality for attention but at the same time is afraid of intimacy. This is said be due to her fractured relationships with
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"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." If you answered yes to the title question I am sure you have realized the truth in this quote by Ambrose Bierce. In order to gain control over your tongue you must be determined to see things differently. People who lose their temper tend to view life in a negative and judgmental way. You have the ability to direct your mind away from angry and upset feelings. You need to realize that you can have peace of mind instead
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Banks Jenkins My Body‚ My Weapon‚ My Shame He was born to play football‚ someone who is 270 pounds and five percent body fat and only 19 years old and could go anywhere to play football. He went to a big ten college‚ Michigan. Now Elwood Reid was a man of hard work and discipline and would never give up. He worked hard ever single play from whistle to whistle. Even when he was in server pain he would never give up because he didn’t want to be called a quitter. Now there were two parts to Reid
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relate to. This made me wonder‚ what does the music I listen to say about myself? Do the lyrics define who I am as a person‚ or do I simply like songs because of the beat? As I looked at my top ten playlist‚ I saw that some of my favorite songs do describe me to a certain point. The first song I examined in my playlist was “Kids” by MGMT. I have always loved the beat of the song‚ but the lyrics of it never made sense to me. The words are like a collage of random thoughts strung together with what
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