I feel as if I grew up in a pretty normal family‚ I had two siblings one brother one sister‚ my parents were together the entire time‚ and I feel very lucky because some people were brought up in unfavorable situations. My families beliefs I guess you could say are pretty traditional which I’d say has influenced my life in a way. By coming up this way the way I judged whether something was right or wrong I judged based upon my beliefs and by what my parents would consider to be right or wrong. An
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impact can it have? These are questions that aren’t as easy to answer in today’s world‚ opposed to just a decade ago. The biggest change in that time‚ is the introduction of social media like Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Youtube‚ etc. Many of the brightest minds are taking conflicting sides on the topic. Some will argue that we are more disconnected then we’ve ever been as a result of social media. On the other hand‚ people will swear that we have never been closer due to social media. Let me tell you‚ I know
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Family Background Being a Latina in 2017 has given me a unique perspective and a different outlook on my culture. I was born and raised in Mexico City and immigrated to the United States when I was five years old. I consider my family to be rich in tradition and culture although we have assimilated into the American Culture. Over the past generations‚ my family has lived in the same small town of Monte Grande‚ in our home state of Guerrero on the southern region of Mexico. With a population less
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for me and whom I have very strong feelings for is my girlfriend‚ Brittney. She is accepting‚ fun‚ and loyal. Brittney is so important to me because not only is she my girlfriend but my best friend as well. Brittney has been accepting of my mistakes as long as I have known her. The second time Brit and I started dating I was heavily into drugs and even though she did not like what I was doing she never lost hope in me. When I was finally sent away‚ she stayed in contact with my family for most of the
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Response of “My Two Lives” by Jhumpa Lahiri In her essay “My Two Lives‚” Jhumpa Lahiri writes about her struggle with being Indian-American in the American society focusing on how being part of two cultures was confusing‚ stressful‚ and full of pressure from living two lives. After 37 years living in the United States‚ Lahiri understands why she felt as if she were living two lives during her childhood. She describes herself as an Indian- American because she moved with her family from India to
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know an extraordinary person in your family that you find interesting? Gilda Plouffe‚ my grandmother is the most interesting relative I know. Having a great personality that everyone loves makes someone interesting. My grandma is the best by far. She has so many great qualities about her. Gilda has time for everyone in the family‚ including over twenty grandchildren and her boyfriend‚ still works as a full time waitress and is such a great person inside and out. My grandmothers amazing personality
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times‚ shields were used to shield and protect a knight or soldier. They are also a way to distinguish where the soldier is from and what family background they have. Rulers and noblemen created symbols on banners and shields to help identify each knight. An emblem represented a ruler or family. This helped identify knight’s heritage. During combat‚ a knight can tell who they are fighting by the emblem or symbols. Over time‚ symbols started showing up on clothing items or surcoats. The symbols
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messages I received about menstruation was around the age of five or six. While I was growing up my dad’s brother was always on the road due to semi driving and as a result of this his only daughter Courtney often stayed with my family during the week while he was away. Courtney is about five years older than me and I always looked up to her because I only had two younger siblings‚ a brother and a sister‚ and they were too young for me to look up to. Although we spent so much time together I vividly
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After that year she returned back to writing her 2009 book I’ll Scream Later which is her own autobiography. This same year Matlin showed her sense of humor lending her voice to the animated series The Family Guy. In 2010 she was a pilot for a reality show called My Deaf Family. She was a finalist on The Celebrity Apprentice which was competing to win money for her charity The Starkey Hearing Foundation. The show aired in 2011 where Matlin raised the most funds that has ever been raised
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Dating back generations‚ my family has worked in a cotton mill. College was never discussed much. Rather it was just the unspoken assumption that you go to high school and just after graduation‚ if not before‚ you would start work at the mill. Going to work is just what you did to take care of yourself but many times helping to take care of the previous generation. Manual labor took its toll not to mention the constant financial uncertainty. Lack of education has inhibited by father from many
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