I can enrich the diversity of Milligan 's campus community because I am already so diverse from the norm at Milligan College. To start off, I as a person am a complete combo of uniqueness and spunk. I can bring something different to Milligan because of my peculiar way of thinking and decision making. I set myself apart from those my age because I matured at a young age due to certain situations that I had to face as a child that most people never have to face in their entire lives. However, I could not be more thankful; God had a plan for me and because of the adversities that I experienced, I am a more determined and goal oriented individual. What can really shape someone as a human being in this world is where they come from. My character, …show more content…
Christmas is my favorite holiday because every year ever since I could remember, our family gets together to make Tamales, one of the traditional foods in Hispanic culture. This get together is known as Tamalada Day, and we cook pork, beef, beans and make masa which is spread onto ojas which eventually are steamed and formed into the delicious food we eat on Christmas Eve. I still remember how when I was younger, family functions were dear to me because it meant getting to spend time with my elders. My grandparents were always quick to correct, discipline, or teach me when I would speak incorrectly, treat someone else rudely, or act uneducated. My great grandmother, who recently died at the age of one hundred and two, taught me wise little sayings and really showed me how to open my heart to the world and show appreciation for everything that life has brought to me. Where I come from has had a profound effect on the type of individual I am today. With the difficulties I experienced with my fathers, the strength of my family, and my faith in God, I have learned that the structure of my foundation is not perfect, but it is sturdy. I know who I am: traditional, moral and
Family is the biggest significance in my life, even if I did not have the strongest bond with all my relatives, because I knew I could count on them if I ever needed help. Relatives came from all over the United States to come celebrate with me, so I truly felt special that day.
Growing up in a big family, traditions were what kept our family together. As a child, every first weekend in December was spent at my grandma’s house. It was our traditional craft/tree decorating weekend. All 15 of us grandkids would arrive at grandma’s house filled with excitement and joy. It was at time that we all got to spend catching up with each other and playing.
Through most of my life I grew up not caring much about my heritage and background. I was told by my father that our heritage was primarily German and Native American. Since I was young around that time I did not think much of my heritage. However, as time progressed I grew curious of who I actually was. One day I asked my father the same question I did several years ago.
Christmas time is one of the only times every year that my dad’s side of the family gets together to relax, exchange gifts, and eat pistachios. The pistachio nut is a staple element of this Christmas time reunion. Hundreds of pistachios and empty shells cover just about every household surface during Christmas time. They are the food of choice. The Smith family has a strange obsession with pistachios, and through this obsession, I have learned several very significant life lessons.
Holidays in Hispanic Countries Major holidays in Hispanic countries include the Day of the Dead, Carnival, Holy Week and Christmas. Some of the major holidays in the United States are Easter and Christmas. Each of these holidays range in time, have different people that participate, and they each have different traditional activities.
Being from a Mexican family and growing up in Washington has influenced my life to be the way it is. Growing up, I had everything I
At first I wrestled with where my identity lay. The strong values and traditions of the Indian culture sometimes made it difficult to fit in with the crowd. As I grew older, I began to understand that I was not part of an individual culture, but a fusion of two rich and colorful histories. I recognized that there is remarkably more to an individual than where she comes from, and more to her than where she currently lives. Importantly, being from two cultures allows me to incorporate the best qualities of both.
Holidays are the festive days in which families gather around to celebrate. Two of my favorite holidays include Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanksgiving holiday is a day to come together as a family to give thanks to God for everything that one has obtained. Christmas is a holiday that revives families, love, and is a new beginning. Although they are both similar holidays in which families gather they also have differences.
This is what we do. I am going to talk about all of them. And explain what they mean to us in my culture. The food of my culture is really important to us because it is what Mexican like and it relates us who we are. In Christmas Day we have to be with the family and play games.
As hispanics we like to celebrate a lot, we celebrate some of the same holidays as other cultures. During Christmas time we make posadas which is half religious and half celebrating , we recreate Mary and Joseph’s pilgrimage to Bethlehem .When we finish with that part we start with the party half which we celebrate with food and piñatas. As Hispanics we really do believe in traditions, during christmas time we like to make big parties all our family and friends get together to celebrate we make some traditional food like tamales, punch ,buñuelos and many other food .
As I ponder over my life, each memory seems identical to the other, and I find myself drifting through a reality of similar events that generate the same memories and emotions. Looking back further into my childhood includes memories of my homeland. I remember entering a new world at the age of five, where all of my later memories would be formed. This was when my family moved to the United States from Peru, my native country in the South. The complete change in culture and values truly impacted me when I first moved to Florida, and I reflect over the significant effect it has had on my character during the last thirteen years of my life.
From the time I was born, I was given certain characteristics and behaviors that follow through my life and creates a barrier for myself to have a limit on opportunities that could be taken. Every single person has a unique way of expressing their cultural identity because no one grew up exactly the same. I wouldn’t have my own identity if I didn’t carry morals and beliefs I had while growing up. I also gained characteristics that represent me from the society we live in today. Thinking of the daily tasks I partake in and how I do them in a certain way makes me wonder why I do it.
As a little girl, Christmas was my favorite holiday. There was always a big meal and plenty of presents for everyone. After every Christmas dinner, my mother would wonder her way into the closest bedroom for a short snooze. “Mommy, let’s go open presents!” I would squeal.
I have a strong belief in my values, and intend to use my knowledge and personal inferences to help me achieve all that I aspire to achieve throughout my life. Months before I was born, my mother intended to raise me in the city of Singapore. But, she eventually decided to relocate to America. Life in the U.S. as a Burmese immigrant was hard for my mother, however, she persevered, and
The holidays I have celebrated since I was born have been Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving. I celebrated these because I grew up in a primarily christen household, and to quote my dad “they were fun traditions our parents did with us.” Not much else to look into. Each year we would run down stairs, be told which gifts where from Santa, they were in a separate pile, and which were from Mom and Dad. For Easter we would go to my aunt 's house and hunt for eggs in her yard.