College Admissions Essay: What Makes Me, Me

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What makes me, me? “Culture is not a surface phenomenon, it is our very core.” -Edgar Schein. This quote caught my attention because of how true and relatable it is. To me culture is not simply a label that people see, it is your roots, how you react in certain situations, the way you were brought up, the little habits you have engrained in your head, the way you talk or communicate with others, it is simply you and everything that makes up you. I am Nanea Uakanipiula Patricia Five Wall, one of six daughters to Roy and Kanani Wall. We live in the beautiful kona district where we have been for my entire life. Growing up, I have been surrounded by many different ethnicities and cultures, I have Japanese, Hawaiian and Haole blood in me from all different sides of my family. This perfect combination of cultures, races, and people, makes up me, a very unique kona girl that has come to learn and love her roots. My mother and father came from two very different yet slightly similar cultural situations, we’ll start with my moms side. My mother came from a hard working family living in south Kona. From spending several days out on the ocean fishing, to 10 hour days in the coffee land, my grandma and grandpa really knew how to put my mom and her 5 brothers and sisters to work. I have learned a lot from my …show more content…

From each side of my family I get different cultural experiences. But with the right mix, you get me, I may have a different cultural identity from my parents but that is mainly because I have been exposed to both of their cultures fused together. I believe that culture is not only physical items like food but it is also how you act, think and communicate, we pick up these things from the environment we grow up in, the people we grow up around. You may not even notice it but the kind of person you are, you got it from being around your family or the people you hang out with the most. That is your cultural

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