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    raised will be the way they view others and the different pieces of society.There are some key factors that change your view on society and that is Culture!    In the personal essay “Ethnic Hash” by Patric J. Williams mentions how a variety of things determine how you see the world around you. In the story Patric says “habits‚customs‚and common traits of the social group by which I have been guided in life.” Williams. This shows all the different things of life that can change your vision on the

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    focus to the negative sides of things. When confronted about this‚ the employee always tends to shift the focus away from his results and into the company’s lack of marketing support‚ warm leads (making his sales easier) etc. etc. Not really too difficult case as a person‚ just his method of not really looking in the mirror is challenging from time to time. Case 2: Employee in support is always complaining about the lack of personnel in the support team and that they are overloaded as a unit.

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    A DIFFICULT DECISION Written by‚ Jameson Packer 01-08-2013 American Intercontinental University ENG106-Unit-1-IP I chose to write about a difficult decision I had to make years ago. I had to choose between leaving my family in hope of employment‚ or continue to let tax money support all of us. It was the best decision I have ever made. Starting truly from nothing‚ to living a normal happy life‚ and none of this was possible without my wife. She is the true warrior. She stuck by me through

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    The purpose of this experiment was to test several different ways to make sea water drinkable through a variety of desalinization processes. In the experiment‚ there were 44 experimental subjects who were subject to four different test groups: no water‚ sea water‚ sea water processed by the Berka method (Berka method was devised to test whether such liquids given as the only supply of fluid could cause severe physical disturbance or death within six to twelve days)‚ sea water without salt. In order

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    BHARATI MUKHERJEE Two Ways to Belong in America Born in 1940 and raised in Calcutta‚ India‚ Bharati Mukherjee immigrated to the United States in 1961 and earned an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in literature. Mukherjee is the author of several novels‚ including Tiger’s Daughter (1972) and Jasmine (1989)‚ and short story collections‚ such as The Middleman and Other Stories (1988). She teaches literature and fiction writing at the University of California‚ Berkeley. "Two Ways to Belong in America" first appeared

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    Two Ways to Belong in America by Bharati Mukherjee In “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” Mukherjee talks about the struggles of two sisters adjusting to foreign culture. Mukherjee and her sister‚ Mira‚ have opposing views on citizenship to non-native countries. Mukherjee shares her story with effective use of language to make it unique‚ as well as relatable to other foreigners to a new country. Her neutral tone makes the story special‚ especially considering the context of the story. Usually‚

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    Barriers to belong (The Simple Gift) Experiences * Billy has experienced growing up in a dysfunctional family. His father is abusive and neglects * Billy feels no regret for leaving his father since there is a lock of love * Billy feels alienated or out of place at school and his community; he hates both- yet billy loves Westfield (he feels at home here) * Billy is estranged from his father because his father is uncaring and abusive * Billy appreciates the hospitality of Ernie

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    Every society and culture has different ways of interpreting and defining occurrences by the way their own culture or society functions. "A society ’s culture‚ consists of whatever it is one has to know or believe in order to operate in a manner acceptable to its members"(Geertz 242). The rituals‚ customs‚ ethics and morals that are attributed to the cultures have caused these differences. To understand how the people of one culture interpret a situation or event‚ one must evaluate the attributes

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    they had the same idea coming to America‚ they both went different ways. These two sisters‚ they are exactly the same. They have some differences but then it starts happening when they get married. Mira gets married to an Indian man and Bharati gets married to an American man. Mira worked hard to make a living so that when she is ready to retire she has enough to move back to India. Bharati traveled around North America with her husband being an American citizen. Mira wasn’t a citizen and her boss

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    Sharing a room is difficult. Having a younger sister means mess‚ mess‚ and more mess. I try to arrange things a certain way and find them completely changed by the time I get home at the end of the day. Despite the downsides of sharing‚ I love my room because of the way it has changed throughout the years. The first thing you notice as you enter my bedroom is the blue stars on the white walls‚ and the cherry laminated wood flooring. The size of the room is not big neither small‚ just average sized

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