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I opted to follow a different route as opposed to the one my family members had followed. Coming from a family of farmers, it was strange that I wanted to join the military and also get a college degree. Forming my own path and still maintaining some of our family traditions and cultures have been beneficial. A majority of children will follow in the footsteps of their parents, but some will create their own paths. This is demonstrated by Walker (1973) where one of the daughters has a taste for the finer things in life as compared to her mother who appreciates… Continue Reading...
Families progress and grow as time continues. People may be at one stage and then move on to another. My family is a nuclear family and as my parents age, I wonder about how their health will get worse over time. The United States in general, has poor food quality and limited economic opportunity. There are political struggles, job struggles that contribute to chronic stress and a potential obesity epidemic.
I guess that my family as well as other American families will have problems concerning chronic health conditions that can be attributed to weight and food quality. Many Americans have nutrient deficiencies that can lead to chronic health problems… Continue Reading...
studying other universal religions. Then I decided to leave my family. I was 18 and at approximately 2:00 AM, I got dressed, slipped my passport and a couple dollars in my pocket and walked out the door. I had one of my friends pick me up about a mile away from the house. I didn't see or speak to my family for six years after that. I was homeless for a few months, slept at friends' houses. I was not able to get a job because my family hired a private investigator and if I had applied anywhere, it… Continue Reading...
I refer to also means I can look after my family and friends without concern for the cost.
Even with all of those upsides and advantages, there are also disadvantages and downsides. My parents have used their wealth and exercised their freedoms facilitated by their over-privileged position. Their decisions and those of their peers has led them to employe and use nannies and other highly qualified childcare specialists. Some may consider this a great thing and a boon but it has led to a lesser connection than desired with my parents and the same can be said for many… Continue Reading...
it was just surprising.
In attendance were our Instructor Susan Galasso, fellow students, my family, and an older crowd, around mid to late 30s and up. Brett Haven was the guest conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra Augusta (SOA). The orchestra was not organized in the same way as a traditional symphonic orchestra of the sort established by Johann Stamitz in the 1740’s (Sayre, 2014, p. 826). There were fewer instruments in the SOA than would have been found in an orchestra arranged by Stamitz. Again, I was a little surprised by this and wondered what the effect would be. Once the performance started,… Continue Reading...
my family has always been the really big news, what I remember the most clearly. And I'm okay with that.
For me, the happy moments were camping. Every summer, we went camping, that was our family vacations. We loved it. The boys swam in the river, I went hiking, and my wife sat in a lawn chair and read about a book a day. That's… Continue Reading...
than a necessity. The over privilege also means I can look after my family and friends without concern for the cost.
While these have many advantages, it has also come with a number of disadvantages. As my parents have used their wealth and exercised their freedoms facilitated by their over privileged position, the choices, along with similar choices to their peers, has included the employment of nannies and other highly qualified childcare specialist. All this has resulted in me receiving a high quality of childcare, but not necessarily the emotional involvement that less privileged individuals may have with their parents. This may… Continue Reading...
that was shaped by the family, which often isn’t the true self. In my family, I have several siblings that are just very loud and demanding. I think in some ways, to balance things out, I’ve become very quiet and self-reliant. Though I have often wanted to be more gregarious and out-going, I feel sometimes compelled to squelch those impulses, simply as a result of the family dynamics that I am beholden to. With time away from my family, I truly believe that I will have more of a sense of freedom to explore the other sides of my personality and to let… Continue Reading...
police because I recognized the respect that people gave my family for being in that same position. I wanted that same respect."
"In this job, you do get a lot of recognition for what you do. You know that you help to keep your country safe, but that other people know this too is important," he tells me, taking a sip of his tea. I ask him what it takes to be police, since I'm thinking of friends who like the idea, but would make terrible cops. "I believe people to become officers must have a strong sense of… Continue Reading...
here and graduate with a degree from this university. Since I am the eldest child in my family and it would mean a lot for me and my family as a whole to become the first one to attain a university degree. I believe I will have made my mother proud. My longing is to make her proud even while she is resting to show her that all the hard work she did to take care of me and take me to school was worth the effort.
However, this state of affairs will not have an impact on my academic performance in the forthcoming periods. To… Continue Reading...
a strong influence on how I would frame my thinking. All these agents of socialization—my family, the media, my teachers, and my friends—shaped my identity and self-concept, and how I viewed the world. As a young adult, I have deconstructed much of what I learned and realized that I need to carve my own path by thinking critically about what I read, not just by avoiding the pitfalls of fake news, but also by avoiding a sheep-like mentality. Instead of regurgitating what other people say, now I feel more confident in my own ability to articulate my political philosophies as consistently and logically as… Continue Reading...
others confidence in my abilities. By being there for my friends, my family, and my work associates, I can be of service and show pride in who I am. I can be the kind of person that is dependable and tolerant. This is who I want to be.
Coming from a family that struggled with identity issues and keeping promises, it was easier for me to be flaky, to be lazy. However, when I entered high school I realized I couldn't be like that and continue down the path in life I want to take. I want to take the academic… Continue Reading...
watched TV, played with my friends, and ate dinner with my family. (Had I been skilled in realism at that age, I might have made this into an interesting narrative -- but my literacy skills were still very premature). Thus, with a deadline fast approaching I simply began writing about the first thing that came to me that I thought might be captivating enough for my audience -- a car ride that I was on with my mother that ended in a fender bender in a Subway parking lot. When I began writing it, I thought that the fender bender… Continue Reading...
my social interactions are unsatisfactory, I get short-tempered and my family members suffer its effects. However, it is found that a more professional workplace demeanor and enhanced, positive interactions impact worker energy levels positively. For my part, when I am accorded flexibility at work, respected, and paid attention to, I will put in more effort on my job. Psychologically, a professional demeanor as well as good interaction makes me feel good and energized, and raises my self-esteem (Karen Mastroianni & Julia Storberg-Walker, 2014).
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My family would always tell me the opportunity I had, to be part of a country that gives you freedom, gives you the opportunity to control your own destiny, and, more than anything, allows you to be whatever you want to be” (Robinson, 2016). This transformative spirit so prominent in American culture was precisely what helped to shape Pitbull’s belief that he could invent himself however he wanted. Yet, Pitbull’s music and persona has always been strongly connected to the dominant Latin culture of Miami and his Cuban-American roots, while… Continue Reading...
6. I recall seeing snow and going out and playing in it in the yard with my family. We made snowmen and snowballs and went sled riding. I developed a love of nature and the way it could change and send you something wonderful out of nowhere. However, that same season, I remember the roads being terrible because of all the snow, and it was my first experience of being really afraid. It was strange to me how the same natural world that gave us such delight with the snow could also produce so many fears with the same gift. I could not comprehend it at… Continue Reading...
