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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German Expressionism There were two groups of German Expressionist movements. One was called Die Brucke (meaning "the bridge")‚ led by Kirchner. The other was called Der Blau Rieter ("the Blue Rider")‚ led by Kandinsky. Die Brucke ("The Bridge") Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 - 1938) |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | |Self Portrait as a Soldier 1915 |Woman and Mirror 1912
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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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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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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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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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to fight two major naval powers at once. This reasoned to long-term tension before the war. The Great Powers also began their preparations for war on land long before the war broke out. Again‚ Germany created the Schlieffen Plan 1905. Named after German general Count Alfred von Schlieffen who created the plan‚ which later proved unsuccessful (arguably‚ they didn’t actually follow the plan). The main idea of this plan was to avoid fighting a war on two fronts simultaneously‚ first take out France
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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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Language Use Essay Language can be considered as a work of art. The way one speaks imprints one’s personality and knowledge. However‚ language does not exist in a vacuum. It develops over the course of time according to a society’s and an individual’s needs. There are a number of ways to express identical thoughts. Educated people would most likely distinguish between the use of language in formal and informal situations. Specifically‚ one would use informal language with
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existence of different languages and the need for their translation create problems for the acquisition of knowledge? According to Sartre‚ words carry more power than we think and have the ability to betray their proper meanings. Words‚ or in a broader sense‚ language‚ is far more powerful than we give it credit for and is ambiguous in its nature to either be powerful in a good way or treacherous. When language is translated properly and knowledge is acquired successfully‚ language is powerful. However
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