I was raised up in a catholic family‚ going to church at least twice a month. My mom and dad both raised catholic always pushed me to be apart of my community and being a part of my community also meant being a part of my church. I attend Saint Mary’s in Iowa City and am currently attending Regina Catholic Education Center. My summer going into seventh grade my grandma‚ whom I was very close with‚ had been diagnosed with stage four-pancreatic cancer. By the end of my summer going into the dreaded
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July 4th‚ 2000. The anniversary of our nation’s beginning and my first day with my new family. I was only three months old when I came to America so I was not totally sure what had happened. All I knew was that I flew on a plane for too long and was happy to be off. Flying all the way from South Korea was a long flight but I was finally home. The first time I found out I was adopted was around third or fourth grade. I obviously knew something was different because my skin color was not the same as
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An Unexpected Event Even though it happened two years ago‚ it marked our lives forever and the image is implanted as if it was yesterday. My friends‚ Mailina‚ Yhenny and I‚ just wanted to give a surprise get together party for one of our friends Letty returning from New York. It has been almost a year since we have seen her and figured we could surprise her with a little party. However‚ we were all in the dark that day. It was not the right time‚ right place‚ neither the right day for us to make
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I don’t let on a whole lot about some of the things that happen in my home life because it never seemed appropriate or necessary in anyway‚ I never even really told my friends about it. My problems at home consisted of one family member who suffers from bipolar disorder. If that wasn’t enough of a strain‚ another problem was the fact that another person who is very close to me had a problem with addiction. I have had to deal with this kind of stuff since a young age and even if you get used to it
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One day me and my friend John and my uncle Snowman we went to go hunting in the woods and we drove around the place for a good spot to hunt. As we were driving around for a spot we saw found an abandoned place me and my uncle and friend were thinking about it so we decided to go in the place. As we went into the abandoned place we walked far into the place. We had an app on my uncles phone that how far we are from the truck and it said 30.7 miles away. Me and my uncle were surprised how far we were
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In the Asia-Pacific region‚ there is a vast range of cultural‚ economic and physical diversity. The culture in China differs to Fijian culture which also differs to the Australian culture‚ the variety of cultures in easily noticed. In the Asia-Pacific region we have the county with the 2nd largest economy in the world‚ China; nevertheless we also have countries with struggling economies. As the Asia-Pacific region occupies such an enormous area it is obvious that it would contain a great variety
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Running head: CULTURAL VALUES AND PERSONAL ETHICS PAPER Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper MBA/500 Foundations of Problem-Based Learning R. Garth Ferrell April 23‚ 2006 University of Phoenix Cultural Values and Personal Ethics Paper Every day people make decisions that may have profound effect on their personal and/or professional lives as well as the lives of others. The decision people make have a foundation on their personal‚ cultural‚ and perhaps organizational values. When
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different religions‚ as well as different cultures. Were one small portion that represents American diversity. We may all be joined together by a common cause but that doesn’t mean we know that much about eachother. According to an Article by David Lewis he said that "America maybe diverse as a whole but‚ block by block and institution by institution‚ its a rather homogenous nation". We need more diversity in America. Because we don’t set fourth the effort to get to know others outside of our race‚
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Fiber Optics New Hire Christina Garcia Chamberlain College of Nursing: Professor Michael King SOCS-350N-25425 Cultural Diversity in Professions January 25th‚ 2015 Fiber Optics New Hire It is not easy looking for new staff‚ let alone new staff with the right credentials that will fit in with the rest of the employees. Sometimes we tend to not look past the scrutiny of how one is dressed or how they look or where they come from. We don’t know if their
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different cultures will be discussed. Also in this paper there will be a discussion on cultural diversity and diet. Included in this paper will be a discussion on the sociological theories of functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and interactionism. Also included in the discussion will be the terms ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Cultural Diversity and DietThe story of "you are what you eat? An exploration in cultural relativity‚" the foods eaten by these cultures sound nauseating. According to Henslin
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