Nowadays‚ the problem of cultural identity should not be underestimated. In fact‚ in the modern globalized world there is a strong trend to losing national identity in the result of the amalgamation of culture‚ or‚ to put it more precisely‚ in the result of the growing impact of western culture on other culture of the world. At the same time‚ individuals naturally cannot live without identity. This is why willingly or not they develop certain cultural identity under the impact of a variety of internal
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February 2013 My Math Teacher Has a Big Influence on My Life One day I was sitting in my math class‚ feeling bored and sleepy‚ when my teacher‚ Mr. .Ahmed woke me up by his words.He told us his story aboutmath and how his life changed after he changed his way of thinking. He also told us that he used to hate math‚ but he became good at math after he decided to like it. From that moment‚ I decided to adopt my teacher`s attitude‚ and I learned to be open-minded‚ flexible in my life and positive
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An explanation of how my academic background‚ prior work experience‚ and career interests have led me to pursue this program The centerpiece of my college education was that it offered me a chance to read extensively‚ develop writing skills and learn to think logically‚ coherently and analytically. I developed and nurtured these skills inadvertently by participating in class discussions‚ group work and research papers. These tools have subsequently been useful in my personal and work experiences
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The personal goals that I want to achieve as a student of the University of Phoenix are in the education and career areas of my life. In my education‚ my major goal is to gain knowledge in computers and network administration‚ eventually culminating in a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. I also wish to strengthen my grammar and interpersonal skills. In my career‚ my goal is to either advance from my current career as a paralegal to that of an office manager or to enter into a different
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Ever since I was a little boy my parents have told me stories about my grandparents. All throughout my house you can find items that used to belong to my grandparents. My mother and father made a point of decorating our house with items that had a sentimental value to my grandparents. This is because the majority of my parent’s cultural values were shaped by their elders and they thought it was important to pass these cultural values down to my sister and I. They did this by filling the house
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critically on how your worldview has been shaped by factors such as your gender‚ age or community. In your answer refer to Hobson (1996) and Samovar and Porter (2004) from the SSK12 Reader‚ and Chapter 1 in A Guide to Learning Independently (Marshall and Rowland‚ 2006‚ 1-18). This essay will show how my worldviews have influenced my learning and how attitudes and beliefs of my social milieu have shaped my approach to learning. I will identify some beliefs and attitudes that were prevalent in my early
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How Personal Responsibility Will Lead to My Success Personal responsibility means to me holding yourself accountable for not only the successes in your life but also your downfalls. If a person can do this they will not only be successful in their education but in their careers and life in general. Even though some people who lack personal responsibility do just fine in life‚ personal responsibility will lead to my success in and beyond school because it gives me the confidence to succeed‚
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The proudest moment I have experienced was as personal as it was general in the sense of cultural identity that so many regularly face. As a child I was not very confident of my Indian culture or heritage. Going to a school with a minimal diversity of ethnicity‚ I had always tried to fit in as ’normal’. I had thought previously that trying to be fully American would make it easier for me to talk to others. And for a while I did try to do just that to the point of always speaking in English and never
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Since I grow up in a warm but overprotective household‚ I remember how stressful was to relate with my peers when I started elementary school. A combination of physical and cognitive factors seemed to contribute to my struggles. First‚ I had a fragile constitution and I hated sports and some exercises that involved physical contact or violence. Second‚ my introvert character contributed to prevent me to make new friends. I was a timid‚ suspicious‚ cautious and not competitive at all. Thus‚ the result
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Both sides of my family have contributed to my personal Tulsa history. Whether it is my mother’s parents growing up just outside the military base in Midwest City‚ a small town just outside of Oklahoma City‚ or my father’s parents growing up in small farm towns in Oklahoma before moving to Tulsa to raise my father‚ Oklahoma is in my DNA. My mother’s parents met in high school in Midwest City and ended up going to the University of Oklahoma together for college. After this‚ my grandfather joined
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