I was born in the US but my family is from Mexico‚ I would say I am most identified with a Mexican culture but have been more adapted being raised in an American setting with different culture ideas. I identify myself being more family oriented and being grateful for what I have‚ I give thanks to my mother who is a huge part of my life since she is a single mother of three. The aspects that have influenced my shaping of personality would be to let God take control. Being raised in a Christian household
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A Culture of My Own The smell of the ocean‚ palm trees‚ and the sound of the salsa beats in the distance‚ characteristics of a beautiful culture. But is that really what My culture is. As a Cuban in America‚ culture is much different than that of a island native. My culture‚ or should I say‚ the culture that my family has molded into our own‚ is a spectacular one. It may not be the same as it was one-hundred years ago‚ or even twenty years ago for that matter. But one things makes that okay‚
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A scholarly article “Sexual Desire and Relationship Duration in Young Men and Women”‚ written by Sarah H. Murray and Robin R. Milhausen‚ suggests that experiences in sexual desire may differ between men and woman as a relationship progresses. The article also theorizes that different factors‚ based on gender‚ may also affect sexual desire. The study was conducted using 170 participants‚ 79 males and 91 females‚ recruited from a college campus. All of the men and women researched were between the
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November 30‚ 2012 Soda Pop More and more young people are experiencing hypertension and childhood obesity‚ and because of which are seemingly becoming more prone to various diseases (Should Government Tax Sugary Drinks?). Many take a stand on the issue‚ as New York for example no longer allows the use of trans fats in their restaurants. Still the cost of unhealthy food has remained nearly the same‚ while the cost of a high yield diet has soared beyond that of the rate of inflation (Should Government
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When I was growing up in a foreign country‚ I remembered my dad actually playing this piece by The Beatles on repeat. The song‚ “Let It Be” was one of his favorite songs to listen to and I also had quickly gotten accustomed to it. “Let It Be” is one of the songs of multiple albums that The Beatles have notoriously won nominations to awards being that they were highly regarded and arguably debated as the most influential idols of the rock era. This specific song actually had come from Paul McCartney’s
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aspect of pop culture that interests you (see “Guidelines for Choosing an Appropriate Text” posted under Additional Resources on Moodle for more information about sources). You will identify the source’s purpose‚ audience‚ and context‚ then evaluate how well the source achieved its purpose by analyzing its rhetorical strategies (such as‚ but not limited to‚ appeals‚ tropes‚ style and tone‚ word choice‚ use of evidence). Why: Strategies of persuasion and argument permeate our culture in advertisements
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He was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912 and during his reign Japan was transformed to a more westernized culture. This character is accurately depicted. Captain Omura the right hand man of the emperor‚ is also accurately depicted in helping the emperor make decisions and sometimes even becoming the decision maker. Harold Bolitho‚ a professor of Japanese history at Harvard University in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts‚ said "It’s a country that tries to modernize itself in a hurry‚" "It wants to get rid
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variety of diversity and perspectives about the government. The perspectives of the people are important since they define the political culture of the state and affect how others in different nations perceive us. Texas is often described as having a combination of traditionalistic individualistic political culture. Some patterns that reflect Texas’s political culture are taxes kept low and social services minimized. Also‚ business leaders are the people that have a major say in how the government is
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In my opinion‚ an individual who chooses to move from the only culture they’ve ever known to somewhere foreign‚ instantly shows independence and self-reliance which goes against everything collectivist stand for. This immediately forced me to believe that Clozee’s first cultural pattern would be considered individualistic;
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generally view things very simply so it was difficult to look back and reflect on things I had been exposed to that had a deeper meaning. Suddenly‚ I got in my car and began to ride around for a little bit and my music had shuffled to “Blackbird” by the Beatles. I was singing my lungs out when I stopped singing and started to wonder if there was actually a deeper meaning behind the lyrics I was singing. Knowing that media has a major effect on how we live‚ I got even more curious because I was basically
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