English 101 25 June 2012 My Family Value Without family where do we learn values from? We are not born with values‚ but learn values from our families. All my values developed from my family‚ and as I grew into an adult‚ I made them my own values. As a child‚ one is dependent on his or her family for emotional‚ physical‚ and mental support. The way a person values things is determined by one’s upbringing. Family is the most important value to me. Without my family‚ where would I be? How would
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Social and Cultural Influences On Death and Funerals in My Family Each family confronts death and funerals in a different manner. Some families follow long held traditions‚ while others seem to have no such precedent to serve as a guide. At first consideration‚ I thought it would be nearly impossible to write an essay on death and funerals in my family‚ because I don’t have much in the way of personal involvement to draw upon. After contemplating this absence of experience‚ I came to the realization
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Everyone has a different perception of what their culture is and what it means to them. There are so many things that I like about my culture. Some of the things that I’m fond of are my family traditions‚ religion‚ music and my family values. One of my family traditions is the Christmas party we have at my aunt’s house from my mom’s side‚ and there we usually get there and eat and the food is mostly dishes like tamales‚ rice and beans. The sweets are like cookies called ojarascas which are made sugar
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traditions. Every family has their own unique values and beliefs. I created a flag that encompasses words‚ colors‚ and symbols to represent my family’s heritage. In my flag‚ I used the words educated‚ traditional‚ creative‚ and ambitious to represent my family. I said educated because people in my family have grown up to be very successful. I have had members that were famous lawyers‚ teachers‚ and doctors. Creative because everyone in my family does a fine art. My dad plays the indian drum‚ my mom dances
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father. It was not very long after Julia’s move that I met her mother. Despite what I knew about her‚ we instantly connected because she was a lot like my own mother; the only difference was that mine did not have a drinking problem. Socioeconomic circumstances can change the approach and behavior people have regarding substance abuse. For example‚ my cultural climate includes a pleasant‚ urban neighborhood of ideal soccer moms and working mothers in stable careers‚ who are loving‚ caring‚ and patient
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For my genogram assignment I interviewed my aunt Trinida from my mother side and on my father’s side I interviewed his mother. My grandmother from my mother side passed away when I was about six years old and my grandfather died in 2011. My mother is the youngest of 8 and she never met her grandmother from her mother side‚ although she did meet her grandmother from her father side. I as well met my grandfather’s mother she passed away in 2009. Through a phone interview with my aunt Trinida I learned
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A major part of my life has been centered around my family. The many holiday get-togethers and birthday parties with homemade ice cream and chocolate cake bring back some of my earliest memories. The older I become‚ the more I realize I would like to share the feeling of community I felt when I was with family to the other people in my life. One way I was able to do this was through volunteering. Probably the earliest and most consistent way I have volunteered is by taking care of neighbors’
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Growing up‚ I had always known that my parents were not originally from America. They had escaped the horrors of the Vietnam War and immigrated to the U.S. for a better and safer life. It was not until I was old enough that my dad explained to me the details of what really happened. My dad was born and raised in central Vietnam. He learned to read and speak in Vietnamese when he was young. He spent the hot and humid days farming and planting‚ but when he had free time‚ he loved to go fishing. Life
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My Endless Love for My Family Someone once said‚ "Love is the answer everyone seeks. Love is the language every heart speaks." Funny isn’t it? Although every country‚ every city‚ every individual is so completely and utterly different in thousands of ways‚ we all have one common desire. Love we crave the experience‚ even when there is no one to experience it. It’s many a time’s said that love is even created by people it was never meant to be found with. Purely and solely because‚ from day one the
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identify family members and explore family relationships. When completing my family’s genogram I identified many transactional and generational patterns‚ behaviors‚ beliefs‚ and norms. It highlighted where some of my behaviors originated from‚ as well as helped me identify the aspects that need to modified and that may be a conflict when I work with families today. While doing this assignment I identified many transactional and generational patterns that are predominant in my family. In my life span
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