culture‚ from our parents‚ and our friends. My own culture is my southern background with our strange customs‚ unique military lifestyle‚ and my overall generation. My mother was born and raised in Louisiana‚ so I carry a lot of her traditions and ideas. My family and I celebrate Mardi Gras‚ a celebration of floats all around New Orleans for two whole weeks celebrating the three kings‚ which most people around the world do not celebrate except for in the South. Food is also a very big part of
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Barbato(1988) developed the theory of interpersonal communication motives in hopes of identifying the reasons why people choose to initiate conversations with others. The researchers designed their theory in correlation with several theoretical constructs‚ including the functional approach to interpersonal communication‚ the theory of interpersonal needs‚ and the media uses and gratifications theory. Also‚ the theory of interpersonal communication motives builds on the communication behaviors found in earlier
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Professional Communication Cultural Sensitivity Paper Linda Ginder Grand Canyon University - NUR 502 July 10‚ 2013 Professional Communication Cultural Sensitivity Paper No culture is growing at a faster pace than the Hispanic population‚ surpassing African Americans as the largest minority population in the United States. The Hispanic population increased from 35.3 million to 50.5 million in 2010. The intention of this paper is to increase the awareness and understanding of cultural competency
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Perfect Wedding It was the eve of her wedding day; Lisa was so nervous she woke up trembling in her sleep. She was so nervous she had sweat dripping down her face. She was excited‚ but yet scared at the same time‚ about what tomorrow would be holding for her and the rest of her life. Lisa knew‚ she was about to make the biggest decision she has ever made in her life‚ and she was scared of that. She has always dreamed of the fairy tale wedding; finding love at first site‚
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The word Culture has many different meanings and for a long time it only seemed confined to my ethnic background. My teachers in grade school would ask me what my culture was and the first and only thing I would think of is that I’m a white American. Yes‚ that is what I am‚ but also a Woman‚ a sports geek‚ a music lover‚ a California native‚ a waitress‚ a student and many more. From the moment I was born‚ I was put into multiple different culture groups. Some which were by choice while others I chose
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What is my cultural identity? My cultural identity is involved with the things i love to do‚ people around me and things around me. Your culture depends on things you like such as ‚ holidays‚ food‚ sports‚ traditions‚ tv shows‚ and even movies. My culture depends on three things. One of them is Tacos‚ this food brings out family traditions. Second‚ my soccer ball shows dedication in life to succeed. Third‚ Karate Kid shows my hard work in school and sports. Tacos represent my culture and me. Tacos
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program to Costa Rica. I embarked on a cultural journey that forever changed my life. I was able to experience and embrace in a new and different culture than my own. I lived in Costa Rica for four months. While living there‚ I had opportunity to also travel to two other countries in Central America‚ Nicaragua and Panama. After living in another country for four months‚ I believed that I was culturally diverse; I believed that I knew what it was like to being cultural‚ little did I know that there was
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milk bar any more. He could not bear to tell anyone about his humiliating ex-porience‚ yet from the talk he had heard among the cooks and the other kitchen-hands‚ he could guess what would happen to him the next time he walked past those youths. He would be hit by the one who had knocked off his cap and if he fell all the others would gather round and kick him. In the stomach‚ in the face! Sometimes men died from a kicking‚ he had heard. Although he was almost indifferent to his fate he did not want
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was an accident! I didn´t intended to! They were saying how lovely a wedding in summer would be and that Whitehall would be perfect and... and I said yes‚ I said it would be an honour to host one‚ I never said that it should be their wedding!" "Oh God..." "And she thanked me‚ how kind and generous it would be of me‚ jumped up and rushed out‚ saying she needs to write her father immediately‚ before I could do anything to keep her from doing so!" "Oh God...‚" he repeats‚ walking up and down. Hand running
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THE WEDDING As I opened my eyes with the sun streaming in through the window‚ I smiled to myself and thought “The day has finally arrived”. I couldn’t believe the sun had finally decided to make an appearance as it had rained every morning since I had arrived in Mexico. “It’s time to get up Nicole‚” I called out. Nicole was to be a bridesmaid at my Dad and Christine’s wedding along with me although my role was to be the best woman as well as a bridesmaid. I opened the curtains and the sunlight
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