Siqi Yi July 08 2013 Professor Jacobs-Beck Cultural Biography: How My Roots Shape My Identity It is often said that we should not let a single feature of ourselves define who we are. For example‚ a basketball should not only be an athlete‚ but must also value her roles as a sister‚ a daughter‚ a student‚ and anything else that gives her life meaning. A doctor should not only focus on his identity in the medical field but also his place in his neighborhood‚ his church‚ and‚ of course‚ his family
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Cultural Beliefs Autobiography The first thought that comes to my head when I hear cultural beliefs I think of the things that make a person who they are. Things that people will fight for and stand up for no matter what anyone says or thinks. I‚ myself am not much about being outspoken‚ but when it comes to what I believe in and what I value‚ I will fight for my beliefs and values. According to our text culture is “the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns‚ arts‚ beliefs‚ institutions
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son that started at my high school and did not speak English at all. He suddenly became one of the most popular‚ well known students at our school‚ purely because everyone was so interested in him and his story. His attendance bought an inkling of cultural diversity to our school and made the atmosphere slightly more interesting. As far as religions go‚ people in my hometown would most certainly claim to be either a Christian or a non-believer. No other churches or religious groups even exist in Knox
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You have just completed your 300-page autobiography. Please submit page 217. To be honest‚ I am a really a busy person. I usually stay late at work‚ and sometimes lose my time with my family because of work. However‚ there is one event that I always do two or three times in a year. I go to music concerts. Since I was young I always listened to music. I listened while studying‚ driving‚ getting ready to sleep. Music‚ especially the drums‚ has been my strength and friend all the
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY – story of a real person’s life written by that person My name is Gelliza Z. Quiambao‚ and I am currently in college studying education. I was born on 12th of September year 1996‚ four o’clock in the afternoon‚ in Jose Payumo Memorial Hospital. My parents are Gilbert and Josephine and I have two brothers who are Gil Joseph and Gianni. I started studying when I was three. My grandparents are the ones who served as my babysitter since my parents weren’t home for work‚ so my granddad
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Who knew I would be writing a Cultural and Literacy Autobiography at the age of twenty-two years old? I feel so professional already‚ and yet‚ I still have quite some time before I graduate. In this autobiography I will reflect about myself as a reader and writer‚ so that I can consider some factors that may influence me as an educator teaching literacy to children. I will talk about the cultural experiences I had growing up‚ the classroom and its expectations‚ my point of view and the specifics
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My Academic Autobiography This is my first semester in college. In my academic autobiography I will be writing about four major details. These details include: my grades in school‚ my abilities and weaknesses‚ the challenges I face‚ and how I deal with these challenges. I will also talk about my academic future and what my goals are for it. My first topic in my autobiography is my grades I got in school. My parents always pushed me to do my best‚ but I didn’t always care. I remember in high
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Education Autobiography I am from the Dominican Republic. I attended 8 years in school in my home country I’ve been attending school in the United States for 4 years. However my fist language is Spanish but I can speak‚ write‚ read‚ and understand English correctly. I begin to study English 4 years ago since I started high school in the United States. One particularly good experience I had in the past was‚ a week ago I went my road test‚ I failed it because I made a silly mistake when I get
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Science Autobiography My first memory of learning science was in elementary school. I am unsure of the grade I was in‚ but I remember the lesson was about plants and how they grew. This lesson was fascinating because I was able to see a plant in all stages growing in water in a plastic baggie. I had never grown anything before‚ although my parents had a vegetable garden and a few houseplants. I can remember comparing my plant to the plants my mother grew in the windowsill. This memory stirs feelings
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Intellectual Autobiography I have never had a clear idea of who I want to be or why I have chosen a certain area of study‚ but I have always liked school‚ learning‚ reading books and getting to know about different topics. As you might remember‚ I was raised in El Salvador and I always attended a small public school. My school finally got a library when I was in second grade and I felt that it was time to choose a book of my interest. I chose the book “Peter Pan in Scarlet” without knowing who Peter
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